The Stuff I Live For

Best-Ever Blueberry Crumb Muffins Recipe April 9, 2008

I added a new category - Recipes - to my sidebar. You can bet the little number in parenthesis is going to stay a 1 for quite a while. I don't like cooking, though I can stomach baking once in a while. At least I got some use out of my too-cute apron today.

These are a bit of a pain to make, and quite sugary so I'm assuming fattening too, but are unbelievably delicious. There's a certain someone who likes to write in comments here under the name Anonymous whose mouth, I'm sure, is watering right now.

If you have company coming, someone to impress, or someone's butt to kiss - you must try this recipe. These are so good, the kids will only get 1/2 of one muffin each. And that's just cause they helped!

For the batter:

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fill a muffin tin with 8 liners.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter & sugar 1 minute.
3. Add egg & vanilla, beat 1 minute.
4. In another bowl sift flour, baking powder & salt.
5. Add half the dry ingredients to butter mixture, beat 30 seconds
6. Add milk, then remaining dry ingredients, beat 1 minute or until batter is smooth.
7. Pour batter into cups and sprinkle blueberries on top.

For the crumb topping:

• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 tsp. cinnamon

1. In a bowl, combine topping ingredients.
2. With your fingers, rub mixture together until it resembles crumbs.
3. Sprinkle over blueberries.
4. Bake 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

Makes 8. Yep, I ate one already.