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Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins Recipe

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These bakery style blueberry muffins strike the perfect balance between a tender crumb and a deliciously crunchy streusel topping. Made with simple pantry ingredients like butter, sugar, sour cream, and fresh blueberries, this recipe includes a one-hour resting period for the batter to improve texture and flavor. The muffins are baked in a conventional oven with a unique approach of lining every other cupcake hole to encourage perfectly domed tops. Ideal for breakfast or a sweet snack, these muffins are moist, flavorful, and sure to impress.

Ingredients

Muffin Batter

  • 100 g butter (melted)
  • 100 g granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 50 g sour cream or full-fat plain Greek yogurt (room temperature)
  • 90 g whole milk (room temperature)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 160 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 100 g fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour (for coating blueberries)

Streusel Topping

  • 50 g all-purpose flour
  • 40 g granulated sugar
  • 25 g butter (melted)

Instructions

  1. Melt Butter and Combine Sugar: Begin by melting the butter. In a large mixing bowl, add the melted butter and granulated sugar, whisking together until fully combined.
  2. Add Wet Ingredients: Incorporate the egg, whole milk, sour cream, and vanilla extract into the bowl and whisk until the mixture is smooth and uniform.
  3. Sift Dry Ingredients: Place a sieve over the bowl and sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet batter gently until just combined to avoid overmixing.
  4. Prepare Blueberries: In a separate bowl, toss the fresh or frozen blueberries with 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour to coat them evenly. This helps prevent the berries from sinking during baking.
  5. Fold Blueberries into Batter: Gently fold the floured blueberries into the batter, being careful not to deflate it.
  6. Rest the Batter: Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the batter to rest at room temperature for 1 hour. This resting period helps improve the texture of the muffins.
  7. Preheat Oven and Prepare Pan: While the batter rests, preheat your conventional oven to 220ºC (425ºF). Prepare a 12-cup cupcake pan by lining every other cup with paper liners and greasing around the edges to help muffins release easily.
  8. Make the Streusel: In a small bowl, mix the 50 g flour and 40 g sugar with a fork. Add the melted butter and combine with the fork until the mixture forms a crumbly texture with no dry flour remaining.
  9. Fill Muffin Cups: After the resting period, divide the batter evenly into the 6 prepared cupcake liners, filling each to the top. Handle the batter gently to keep it airy and avoid deflation.
  10. Add Streusel and Bake: Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over each muffin. Bake at 220ºC (425ºF) for 7 minutes to set the dome, then reduce the oven temperature to 175ºC (350ºF) and bake for an additional 10 to 13 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
  11. Cool Muffins: Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool in the pan placed on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then carefully take them out of the pan and continue cooling for another 15-20 minutes before serving to allow flavors to develop fully.

Notes

  • Coating the blueberries in flour prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins during baking.
  • Resting the batter for one hour helps hydrate the flour and yields a more tender muffin crumb.
  • Lining every other muffin cup encourages better dome formation for bakery-style tops.
  • Be gentle when folding in the blueberries and filling the muffin cups to maintain the batter’s airiness.
  • Using sour cream or full-fat Greek yogurt adds moisture and richness.
  • If using frozen blueberries, do not thaw fully to prevent color bleeding.
  • The two-stage baking (initial high temperature then reduced heat) helps create a beautifully domed top and fully cooked interior.

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