Blueberry Crumb Muffins

Blueberry Crumb Muffins

Well, lets just say tt i had never had a penchant for baking muffins. as compared to cupcakes, these were duller, less sweet and more wholesome in a way tt didn't quite reach out to me since i had a nagging sweet tooth 24/7. however, with the purchased pint of fresh blueberries calling out to me from the fridge. i knew that i just had to find the perfect blueberry muffin recipe to do these lovely little exhorbitantly prized violet beauties justice... meanwhile, figured tt a muffin recipe would do wonders in accentuating the flavors of the star player blueberries better than some flowery sacharrine cake recipe.

Finally settled on a recipe after much contemplation and several modifications. Inspired by Jaycynth's recipe for Blueberry Crumb Muffins taken from the allrecipes.com. the recipe produced moist muffins with a sweet brown sugar crumb, perfect for a late night snack coupled with a towering glass of cold milk before settling in for the night. tear the muffin apart with your fingers and enjoy the explosion of purple juices within the moist cake as the blueberries burst spreading its exburant shades of purple all around.

Blueberry Crumb Muffins

makes 12 servings

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup white sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 cup blueberries

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 tsp ground cinammon

1/3 cup brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees celcius. grease of line muffin pans
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, white and brown sugars, salt and baking powder. Stir in oil, eggs, milk and vanilla essence until well blended and very few lumps remain. Batter will look very watery but don't worry!
3. Gently fold in Blueberries being careful not to mash them. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full or slightly more for a larger muffin top.
4. For the crumb topping, mix together flour, softened butter, cinammon and brown sugar. place a small amount on top of each muffin.
5. Bake muffins in oven for 20-30 mins (i used 25mins), or until skewer comes out clean and dry.
6. Tuck in!!!

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