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My Favorite Blueberry Muffins with Sour Cream

An amazingly moist blueberry muffin recipe. This blueberry muffin is very moist and full of sweet blueberry flavour. It's my personal favorite muffin recipe.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword lemon blueberry muffins
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 large muffins
Cost $7.00

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white flour
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 TBSP baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 fresh lemon wash and zest the rind
  • 1 extra large egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 ½ cup fresh blueberries Can substitute with frozen

Instructions

  • In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. 
    Mixing dry ingredients for a blueberry lemon muffin recipe in a large bowl with a wooden spoon.
  • Add the lemon zest to the flour mixture. 
  • This recipe has a whole tbsp of baking powder, so mix the dry ingredients very well so that the baking powder is well distributed throughout your dry ingredients. 
  • Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients.
  • In a medium size bowl beat the egg, add the milk and the melted 1/2 cup of butter. Mix well.
    Mixing the wet ingredients, egg, butter and milk for a blueberry lemon muffin recipe.
  • Pour the egg mixture into the well of the dry ingredients.  Mix with a wooden spoon until just blended.  The batter will be lumpy but there should be no actual flour visible.
    A large bowl full of dried lemon blueberry muffin ingredients, with a well in the middle for the wet lemon, egg and milk ingredients.
  • Fold in the blueberries.
  • Fill your muffin tins 2/3 full, bake until golden at 375 F, about 20 minutes.
    Using an ice cream scoop to portion out blueberry lemon muffin batter.

Light Lemon Crunch Topping

  • While the muffins are still hot. In a small bowl cut and squeeze the lemon juice from your lemon.
  • Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a small bowl, add to the lemon juice and blend.
  • Baste the top of each muffin with the butter lemon mixture.
    Basting fresh baked blueberry lemon muffins with lemon butter.
  • Sprinkle the tops with granulated sugar.
    Warm blueberry lemon muffins just out of the oven, topped with lemon butter and sprinkled with sugar.