Bursting with berries: delicious blueberry muffins with a sweet streusel topping

These blueberry muffins are a bakery-quality treat you can recreate at home. They're soft and moist, packed with juicy blueberries, and topped with a delicious streusel that adds a sweet, crunchy texture. Lemon zest infuses a subtle tang that enhances the flavor, making these muffins irresistible.

Why you will love it

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Perfect opportunity

These blueberry muffins are perfect for a leisurely weekend breakfast, brunch, or as a thoughtful homemade gift. They're also perfect for school or office treats, guaranteeing smiles everywhere.

Decorating Tips

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• Ingredients:
  • For the Streusel topping:
    • 45g plain flour
    • 2 tablespoons demerara sugar
    • 2 tablespoons of melted butter
    • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
    • A pinch of salt

  • For the muffins:
    • 2 large eggs
    • 320g buttermilk
    • 70g of oil
    • 70g melted butter
    • 270g plain flour
    • 135g powdered sugar
    • 65g soft brown sugar
    • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
    • The zest of half a lemon
    • 150g frozen blueberries

• Instructions:
  1. Preheat your oven to 190°C (375°F). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Make the streusel topping: In a small bowl, combine flour, demerara sugar, melted butter, cinnamon and salt. Mix until the mixture is crumbly. Put aside.
  3. Prepare the muffin batter: In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, oil and melted butter.
  4. In another bowl, sift together the flour, powdered sugar, brown sugar and baking powder. Add the lemon zest.
  5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring until well combined. Gently incorporate the blueberries, taking care not to overmix.
  6. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full. Sprinkle the streusel topping on each muffin.
  7. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
  8. Let the muffins cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Enjoy these delicious blueberry muffins, enhanced with lemon zest and a sweet, crumbly topping!