The Friday Baking Project

Blueberry Muffins

Yield: 12 muffins

# of Servings: 12

Method: Muffin

Ingredients:

2 ¾ cup (12.5 oz / 354 g) pastry or all-purpose flour
1 tbl + 1 tsp (.75 oz / 21 g) baking powder¹
¾ cup + 4 tsp (6 oz / 170 g) sugar
½ tsp (.1 oz / 3 g) salt

2 cups (11 oz / 312 g) blueberries, picked through and rinsed

2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup milk
4 tbl (2 oz / 57 g) butter, room temperature, melted²
1 orange, grated rind

Demerara sugar, as needed
Or,
½ recipe Crumb Topping

Special tools and equipment needed

• One standard 12-cup muffin pan
• Standard-sized muffin pan liners
• 1.5 fl oz (#20) ice cream scoop

Pre-recipe preparations:

• Pick through blueberries, rinse, and let dry on paper towel-lined cookie sheet
• Place liners in muffin cups
• Melt butter just until mostly liquid, then stir to complete melting.
• Preheat over the 400  °F

Directions:

1. In large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
2. Add blueberries and stir to distribute.
3. In medium mixing bowl, whisk together the liquid ingredients.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour in the liquid ingredients, and stir just until all the flour is moistened. Do not overmix.
5. Scoop batter into muffin cups. The batter should fill each cup.
6. Sprinkle each muffin with coarse Demerara sugar or approximately one tablespoon crumb topping.
7. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, just until the muffins feel firm the touch, and paring knife or wooden skewer reveals no wet crumbs. Note – be careful when testing muffins with a crumb topping, as the it is very hot.
8. Remove muffin pan from oven and place on cooling rack for ten minutes.
9. Remove each muffin from the pan by gently lifting the top and place on cooling rack.
10. Extras may be wrapped individually and frozen.

Notes:

1. Aluminum-free baking powder is strongly recommended.
2. Room temperature butter is called for, as it is easier to melt without bringing to a high temperature. The butter should be barely warm. If too hot, it will congeal when added to the milk.

Baking Tips:

• Demerara sugar has large crystals and is light golden in color. It is available in specialty food stores, Whole Foods, and Amazon.