The Best Blueberry Muffins

Prep time: 10 minutes | Baking time: 30 minutes plus cooling

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • ½ cup butter or margarine,

  • softened

  • 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided

  • 2 large eggs

  • ½ cup milk

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 2½ cups fresh blueberries

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F.

  2. Line twelve 3-inch or fourteen 2½-inch muffin-pan cups with paper liners.

  3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

  4. Beat butter and 1 cup sugar in a large mixing bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy.

  5. Add eggs one at a time (don’t skip this part!), beating well after each addition. 

  6. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla,beginning and ending with dry ingredients, until batter is smooth

  7. Crush ½ cup berries and add to batter

  8. Fold remaining berries into batter with rubber spatula. 

  9. Divide and spoon batter into muffin-pan cups.

  10. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. 

  11. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 

  12. Cool muffins in pan 5 minutes, then remove from pans onto wire rack.

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