Thursday, June 27, 2019

The Only Recipe for Blueberry Muffins You’ll Ever Need

There’s no point in denying anyone stashing their freezer with muffins – but you should be aware that even the greatest of muffin turns into a mediocre muffin after spending some time in your trusted ice box.

There is also something to be said about the difference between a muffin you grab on a day you ignored the whining kids for 30 minutes the alarm clock and a glorious muffin worth your full attention – the latter of which, in my humble opinion, is the category the least of all muffins fall into.



More often than not these, ahem, sickeningly sweet “breakfast” cakes are thrown together hastily with little regard towards texture and flavor, relying on the fact that enough sugar and fat in the batter will make them appealing to our brains. They’re just breakfast after all, why bother?

We grow this fresh lavender in our garden, but I used dried food grade lavender for them muffins. Chopped, then rubbed into the sugar will not only make the most of its flavor while baking, but also give your fingers a delicate hint of southern France.

ingredients
for the streusel

  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into smallish chunks

for the muffins

  • wet ingredients
  • 1/3 cup melted coconut oil or butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup regular yogurt

dry ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon lavender, chopped
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • other
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries, (optionally tossed in a tablespoon of flour)

instructions

  1. make the streusel
  2. Place all ingredients in a medium bowl and rub together with your fingertips until crumbs form. Refrigerate.
  3. ...................................

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