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LIGHT BLUEBERRY MUFFINS WITH LEMON SUGAR CRUST

February 26, 2011 By Manu 21 Comments

Light and fluffy blueberry muffins with a lemon sugar crust topping

I know there are many blueberry muffins recipes out there.  A couple of years ago I was looking for one, but I did not find exactly what I was looking for.  So I came up with this one that is really a mix of 2 or 3 recipes.  I tried to look them up on the web, but I could not find them anymore… Anyway, this recipe makes very light and fluffy muffins, as they are made with vegetable oil instead of butter.  They are not very sweet, but the sugar with lemon zest on the top gives them that extra touch of sweetness to make these muffins a perfect treat for anytime of the day.
Sharing this recipe with Friday Potluck by EKat and Seasonal Saturday by Roz. 

 

Ingredients (makes about 12 muffins):
1 ½ cup flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I use sunflower oil)
1 egg
1/3 cup milk (plus more if the batter is too dense)
1 cup/1 punnet of blueberries

Sugar mixed with grated lemon zest (the proportion of lemon zest to sugar can be adjusted to your liking.  I use the zest of 1 lemon to 3 tbsp of sugar as I like the lemon flavour to be quite strong).

Put all the dry ingredients in a big bowl and mix them together.

Put the vegetable oil, the milk and the egg in a measuring jar and whisk together.

Pour the egg-oil-milk mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon until just combined.  Make sure NOT to over mix your batter or your muffins will not be fluffy and light.  It is ok if you see small lumps in the batter.

This batter will very likely require more milk, so adjust it until you get a fluid yet dense batter, like the one in the picture.

Add the blueberries and slowly fold them into the mixture so that they do not break.]

Put the batter in a muffin pan.  I use a silicone tray and I also line it with paper cups because I find it easier to take the muffins out of the tray without breaking them.

If you do not have paper cups, you can also use some baking paper, like in this picture:

Fill each paper cup at least to ¾.  I usually fill them a little more, because I like my muffins “taller”.  Sprinkle the top with the mixture of lemon zest and sugar.

Bake in a preheated fan forced oven at 180°C for 12-15 minutes or until cooked. When ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool down in the pan for a few minutes. Then carefully pull them out of the pan and put them on a rack to cool down completely.

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Comments

  1. Charissa says

    February 26, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Ooh, that looks sooo good! I love muffins so much!
    Hey, thanks for the add on Food Buzz…it’s really cool to meet other bloggers!

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  2. Medeja says

    February 26, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    They look so cute 🙂 especially that lemon sugar on top 🙂

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  3. Jill Colonna says

    February 27, 2011 at 1:48 am

    Absolutely delicious! I just love the lemon sugar on top and that they’re not too sweet. Perfection on a plate. I wish I could just pop on over and have some with a good pot of tea and a chat 🙂

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  4. Hester Casey - Alchemy says

    February 27, 2011 at 4:03 am

    Ooooo – they do look light as a feather. Lemon and blueberries are a great flavour combination.

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  5. Elyse says

    February 27, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    These look amazing! If you don’t mind me asking, what type of camera do you use? Love your photos and I definitely need to get rid of my old camera! 🙂

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    • Manu says

      February 28, 2011 at 10:54 am

      Thanks Elyse! I actually use 2 cameras… for the step by step photos I use an old Canon compact digital camera. For the “final” shot I sometimes (like in this case) use our digital SLR Canon camera. I have actually just started experimenting with food photography… I found some good tips on the web, but I am still a long way from taking pictures worth of the good food photography sites. Most of the time I find it hard to take a good shot before the food gets cold… that’s why I never try it with pasta!!! heheehe

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  6. Courtney says

    February 27, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    These look so delicious!

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  7. dakshachopra says

    February 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    These looks so yummm……… especially that lemon sugar on top its great ‘ll try some time ur recipe.

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  8. Misty says

    February 27, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    Lovely photos! Blueberry muffins are a personal favorite and these sound divine!

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  9. chandrabali dutt says

    February 28, 2011 at 2:37 am

    Your cupcake looks so yummy …sure my kid would love to eat that 🙂

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  10. Berrie Knight says

    February 28, 2011 at 11:09 am

    delicious thank you so much

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  11. Aroma y Cocina says

    March 4, 2011 at 5:42 am

    Mi marido va a engordar con todas tus recetas. Ahora hace 6 km. andando diarios, no se que va a hacer cuando este fin de semana le haga ” tus muffins”.
    Thanks.

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    • Manu says

      March 6, 2011 at 9:19 am

      Jejejeje espero les gusten (y claro a ti tambien!)!!! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Helen says

    April 4, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Great muffin, light and love the sugar crunch. I used 1 cup of milk to make up to the consistency as your picture. Also added a grated apples to make it moist. Made another batch with orange zest, cranberries and pecan with reduce sugar to 1/2 cup. Thank you for the great recipe.

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    • Manu says

      April 4, 2011 at 4:08 pm

      Thank YOU Helen! I am so glad you liked them! I love the idea of adding grated apples to it! I will absolutely have to try that!!! 🙂

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  13. Amelia says

    September 22, 2011 at 7:02 am

    Made these and they were awesome…did have to leave out the lemon sugar since I had no lemon, but no difference the texture and crumb of the muffin were spot on! Thanks for recipe

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    • Manu says

      September 22, 2011 at 3:39 pm

      Hi Amelia! Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me know you liked the muffins! They are really nice and moist… the texture is what I love about this recipe! So glad you liked them! 🙂

      Reply
  14. David says

    December 27, 2012 at 3:57 am

    Muffins turned out great. I added some vanilla and an extra 1/4 cup of sugar. One question though. I baked for 20 minutes at 190 degrees as stated and found that the muffins rose nicely but had to raise the temp to 300 for an additional 15 minutes to get a dry toothpick. Your thoughts?

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    • Manu says

      December 27, 2012 at 10:31 am

      Hi David! I am glad you liked the muffins… they are my favourite! 🙂 Did you cook them at 190C or F? This was one of the first recipes I published and I was still using only metric/Celsius in the recipes! So my 180 (or 190) are Celsius, which would be 355 to 375 Fahrenheit. Maybe it was that? Or maybe your muffins were bigger? Let me know please! 🙂

      Reply

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