The story behind this recipe…….
My friend from the US got me a packet of dried blueberries. I ate quite a lot of them over a couple of months and then I decided to try out some recipe using these instead of just popping them into my mouth. Most of the recipes that I saw used fresh blueberries. Now, that is not possible here for me, at home.
So, after a bit of a web hunt, I must say, I decided to tweak a recipe and substituted fresh for the dried ones. On my first attempt, it didn’t turn out good. The next time, I soaked the dried ones in a little water for a while till they had a sort of plump look and then used these blueberries in the muffin recipe. The blueberry muffins turned out awesome and furthermore, I made them again and again till I ran out of them. Now, I’m waiting for my friend to get me some more…:)
Ingredients
For the streusel topping
Maida – 1/3 cup
Brown sugar – ¼ cup
Baking powder – ¼ tsp.
Cinnamon powder – ¼ tsp.
Cold unsalted butter – 3 tsbp.
For the muffin batter
Unsalted butter – ½ cup, softened, at room temp.
White sugar – 1 cup
Lemon zest – ½ tsp. (optional)
Eggs – 2
Maida – 2 ½ cups
Baking powder – 2 tsp.
Salt – ¼ tsp.
Nutmeg powder – ¼ tsp. (optional)
Milk – ½ cup
Dried blueberries – ¾ cup ( soaked in water for an hour and drained )
Method
For the streusel topping
Mix all the ingredients together for a crumb like look. Keep aside.
For the batter
- Mix together the butter, zest and sugar in a large bowl.
- Add in the eggs to this mix and combine well.
- In another bowl mix together the maida, baking powder, salt and nutmeg powder.
- Now add in half the flour to the earlier mixture and pour in the milk. Mix well.
- Then add the balance of the flour into the bowl and combine to form a fluffy batter.
- Lastly add in the blueberries. Give it a very gentle mix.
- Put the batter in muffin cups and sprinkle some streusel topping on them. You can also use a muffin tray with muffin paper liners.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 mins. @ 180 deg.C.
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