Apr 9, 2009

Blueberry Muffins

I grabbed a box of fresh blueberries last week from the market. I added some of the fresh blueberries to my breakfast smoothie and made blueberry muffins with the remaining. When fresh blueberries are baked their flavor sweetens and their texture softens. I adopted the recipe from Food Network exactly and I got 12 soft muffins. They are perfect for breakfast or with coffee or tea. These muffins freeze well for a while.

Ingredients (Adopted from Food Network)
All-purpose flour - 2 cups
Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter, melted - 1/2 stick
Egg, slightly beaten - 1
Whole milk - 3/4 cup
Fresh blueberries - 1 cup
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.


In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and sugar. In another bowl, combine butter, egg, and milk and mix well. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and with a spatula, stir until just combined. Do not beat or over mix; it's okay if there are lumps in the batter. Gently fold the blueberries into the batter.

Spoon the batter into the muffin tray, filling each cup about 2/3 full. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool for about 10 minutes in the pan before turning the muffins out.
Make sure you do not overmix the batter after you add the blueberries or the batter will turn blue.
Sending this to FIL:Fruits

Thanks to everyone who wished me on my Birthday yesterday! I was surprised by hubby dear with this beautiful Tiramisu cake! It was made of thin layers of espresso-soaked yellow sponge cake and marscapone cheese mousse and a lot of chocolate shavings on top!!

Had a wonderful Birthday!!

47 comments:

  1. Many more returns of the Day! Muffins are moist and yummy!

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  2. Belated b'day wishes. Muffins looks perfect. Moist and delicious.

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  3. Belated Happy Bday.....and I am glad u had a wonderful time :)
    Blueberry muffins are my weakness...love the moistness in these muffins....very tempting dear

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  4. Happy Happy Birthday!! Blueberry muffins are my all time favorite!

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  5. Belated Birthday wishes... blueberry muffins looks great... they are my favourite :)

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  6. Belated Birthday Wishes Divya! Muffin's looks great1 I like the first pic!

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  7. belated b'day wishes dear.......yummy delicious muffins

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  8. Happy returns of the day..yummy and perfect muffins...

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  9. Belated Birthday wishes... blueberry muffins looks great... they are very cute & soft...nice click..

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  10. Belated Happy Bday..muffins looks gorgeous, moist and delicious!

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  11. mufFIn look just perfect...good one..happy b'day...cake is awesome..

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  12. Happy bday...... Muffins looks perfect. Very fluffy and soft.

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  13. belated happy birthday! i don't like blueberries but love blueberry muffins.

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  14. Belated Birthday wishes Divya :) I hope you had a great time. The muffins look perfect. And the Tiramisu cake sounds wonderful too!

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  15. Belated birthday wishes to you.. Hope u had fun! Blueberry muffins looks so soft and fluffy..

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  16. muffins looks delicious just perfectly moist.
    Nice blog!

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  17. Bleated B'day wishes Divya. Muffins look moist and delicious. Enjoy.

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  18. Happy Birthday Divya Belated.Muffins look good and so does your birthday cake.

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  19. The muffins look just lovely . Happy Birthday Divya

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  20. Belated Birthday wishes dhivya.Long time didnt find u.So visited your blog.Nice muffins.always wanted to bake something.But not getting started.Surely will try this.I dont think we will get blueberry in India

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  21. Belated happy b'day Divya! Cake looks so good. Muffins are mouth-watering.

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  22. wow muffins luk gr88...ur photos are very gud n catchy :)

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  23. Happy bday Divya... Muffins look yum... Right when cooked blueberrys taste is enriched...

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  24. Belated b'day wishes to you!
    Muffins look fantastic..Have a great weekend :)

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  25. Happy Belated Birthday......lovely cake.Moist and dainty looking blue berry muffins.

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  26. Hii dear..first of all..THAT CAKE LOOKS YUMMM..I am so craving for Tiramisu now..:)..Glad to know that u had fun..:)
    I loved the muffins..came out perfect rit..am planning to bake a Blueberry bread soon..bored of the savory ones..:)
    Happy weekend..!!

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  27. Belated Happy Birthday Divya. I am impressed that you celebrated your birthday by making something comforting. Hope you had a wonderful time.

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  28. Tiramisu Cake! slurrp! you must have had a wonderful day on your birthday. Belated birthday wishes to you. Muffins look soft and yumm!

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  29. Bluberry anything is a fav of mine.

    Happy B'day!

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  30. happpy birthday!!!
    these looks so nice!!:) gimme a substitue for fresh blueberry na..something thats more easily available in bombay..

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  31. Muffins look very delicious...Nice pictures...

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  32. Churning the mill, you could use fresh cranberries or raisins to substitute the blueberries..I couldnt access your profile when I wanted to leave the reply in your blog.

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  33. Happy Birthday Divya. I am envious of your muffins. I've never had blueberries before as we don't get them in Greece.

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  34. Hi Divya, belated happy bday, muffins looks moist and yummy...i just made tiramisu , will blog it in coming days, thanks for visiting my blog :)

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  35. Belated birthday wishes divya! Hope you had a great day!muffin looks moist. The first photograph is superb! :)

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  36. oh cool.. raisins sound like a good idea.. u cudnt access my blog coz i used my google/bloger id..dnt ask its complicated..n wen im lazy i dont sign into WP. if u click on this one, it shud work.:D

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  37. Belated wishes to you dear.. thanks for dropping by. muffins look gr8 and yum.

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  38. ooh sorry belated b'day wishes muffins looks so soft and moist i never tried any thing with blueberry s will try next time humm but i had juice mmmmm your muffins looks so yummy

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  39. Hi Divya,
    Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
    Loved all your pictures and wonderful recipes! Belated birthday wishes! :)

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  40. Belated wishes Divya! Muffins looks pretty girl:)

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  41. Slurp!! Looks so good. Happy Birthday wishes from me too. Hugs, enjoy! :))

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  42. The muffins look very moist and nice. I can enjoy the aroma:)

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  43. Belated birthday wishes, Divya! Can see that u had a good one. :D

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  44. Belated birthday wishes.. the blueberry muffins look so moist and soft.. and the tiramisu cake - am dreaming of it now.

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  45. Belated wishes to you..your muffins looks so yummy.. :)

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  46. Hi,

    I tried making these muffins but do not know where it went wrong. The muffins rose perfectly but when I tasted them it was bitter. I had to throw away the entire batch. Appreciate if you could let me know where I went wrong. Could it be the baking soda? Is it 2 tablespoons?

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  47. @ Anonymous,
    Sorry the recipe did not work for you. Did you measure all ingredients correctly before mixing? Your blueberries could also have been bitter.

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