Who doesn’t love a good muffin? Moist, fluffy, overflowing with carb-y goodness … muffins are truly the queen of breakfast pastries. While I am still on the hunt for my favorite recipe for banana nut muffins, I have settled on my perfect blueberry muffin.
The cool thing about these blueberry muffins is that they heavily feature lemon as well, hence the name, lemon-berry muffins! Now, want to know the surprise secret ingredient?
Cinnamon!
I know — sounds bizarre, right?
I swear it pairs well with the berries and lemons. And when you add a sweet and crumbly streusel topping, nobody who’s tasted them can get enough. Especially Dear Husband. Ask him what his favorite baked good I make is, and he will probably answer with these babies.
These muffins are also pretty easy to make. Really, the only finicky part of the recipe is the streusel topping, which is made of softened butter, sugar, flour, finely chopping walnuts, and lemon zest.
About five years ago, when I was still on the hunt for the perfect blueberry muffin recipe, I came across Emeril Lagasse’s blueberry-raspberry muffins, which are the strong basis for this recipe. I made a fair number of changes: I added ground flaxseed, omitted the raspberries, increased the blueberries, swapped out the orange for lemon, added a heavy dose of cinnamon, and increased the streusel.
And let me tell you, if you’ve never made streusel before, heed the instructions carefully: the butter must be softened to room temperature. There is absolutely no short cut by popping it in the microwave. Melted butter — even semi-melted butter — absolutely will not work. Just remember to put out the butter and leave it on your kitchen counter for about an hour before it’s time to make the streusel. Otherwise it will not work, I promise. I learned the hard way. Learn from my mistakes!
So tell me, what are your favorite type of muffins? Do you have a favorite blueberry muffin recipe? Dear Husband and I love these because they are thick and moist, but barely sweet at all. (We do not really like sweet things that much). And the streusel — oh my word! That sweet crunch of a topping is amazing.
The recipe is below. Enjoy!
Until next time,
xoxo Charlotte
Lemon-Berry Muffins
Yields 6 extra-large muffins, or 12 large muffins
Muffin Ingredients:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
- 1 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
Streusel Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 4 tbsp butter, softened to room temperature
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp finely chopped walnuts
- 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
Method:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and grease or line muffin tin. In a large bowl, whisk together all dry muffin ingredients.
In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, and lemon zest. Stir in dry ingredients until just combined. Do not over-mix! Fold in blueberries gently, to avoid bursting berries.
In a wide, shallow bowl, use a fork to combine all streusel ingredients. Knead dry ingredients into the softened butter by hand, if needed.
Fill muffin tin to to the brim, and sprinkle streusel liberally on each muffin.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
All I can think right now is, “why don’t I own a muffin pan?” These look great, even if I can’t try them right.
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Oh my gracious, they were delicious! 🙂
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These look so delicious! I think I will give it a go at home.
Thanks so much for the inspiration.
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Thank you! They were so yummy! 🙂
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These look delicious! Also, your photography is on point! Way to go, friend!! Now I really need muffins in my fat gob!!
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Aw, thank you, lady!!! I am really trying to improve my photography, so I am glad it is getting at least a little bit better!
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It’s gorgeous!!!
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sooner or later, i must try to bake these since they look delicious!
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Glad you liked them! They were really good!
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welp! going to have to make these this weekend, the photos just made my mouth water! haha
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Haha I’m glad you liked them!! They were so yummy! 🙂
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Ooh these sound GOOD ! 😊❤️ I love anything sweet and lemon flavoured! 💕
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Thank you!!! They were SO delicious! Can’t wait to make another batch 🙂
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I will admit that I am not a muffin snob. Bring on the muffins!!
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Haha yes! Muffins are the best! 🙂
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Mmm, they look so delicious! I’d probably mess up the topping, but I’d give it a try anyway 🙂
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Thank you!! The topping definitely took me a few tries haha.
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Oh my goodness made these tonight….. YUM.
They were SO delicious. Thank you for this gem of a recipe. I’m hooked.
Also side note your food pictures are beautiful 🙂
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Yay!! I am glad you made them and enjoyed them!! I am hoping to maybe go blueberry picking this summer just as an excuse to make more haha.
And thank you!! 🙂
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Oh great idea! We have lots of blueberry bushes in the backyard at my parents house so over the summer when I’m home I always make a delicious blueberry cobbler with the homegrown blueberries. These lemon blueberry muffins would be SO good too with the home grown blueberries, I’ll have to try that 🙂
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Homemade blueberry cobbler sounds amazing!!
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