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Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins

These BUTTERMILK BLUEBERRY MUFFINS are fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth, and bursting with blueberries! They pair perfectly with your morning coffee or heat them up as a comforting afternoon pick-me-up!


Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword blueberry muffins, breakfast muffin
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12 muffins

Ingredients

For the muffins:

  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
  • 1/3 cup butter melted and cooled
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup blueberries

For the streusel:

  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter cold and cut into small cubes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease (or line with paper baking cups) 12 standard muffin cups.
  2. To make the streusel, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon- stir to combine. Add cubed butter and with a pastry cutter or two forks, cut butter into sugar mixture until you have pea-size crumbles. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  4. In another bowl, whisk egg and then add buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla. Whisk to combine.
  5. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture and gently fold until just combined. Fold in blueberries.
  6. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups, and sprinkle streusel evenly to the top of batter.
  7. Bake 18-2o minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of muffin comes out clean.
  8. Remove from oven and immediately remove muffins from pan. Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack and store in airtight container for up to 4 days.
  9. To reheat, wrap a wet paper towel around muffin and microwave on high for 10 seconds.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Good Housekeeping The Baker's Book. Freezes well.