Blueberry muffins
So I haven’t updated in over a month. Yeah, I know, I suck. I tend to forget to take pictures when I’m cooking. Also I have better things to do, like make sure I graduate.
But I digress! I made these muffins earlier this week. They are rather delish.
First I made the crumble topping and put it in the fridge for later.
Action shot of blending the butter and sugar
This is not ordinary milk, it it milk and vinegar. The recipe says to dissolve some baking soda in the milk and vinegar mixture.
Wait, baking soda and vinegar? I may be graduating soon, but I still remember those kindergarten science lessons…
SCIENCE IN ACTION
Remember the crumble topping in the fridge?
I am also the sloppiest person in the world and probably should have cleaned up the muffin tray before photographing it for the world to see.
Mmm-mm-mm.
Ingredients
Crumble topping
- 3/4 cup diced walnuts
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp + 1 tsp melted butter
Muffins
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tbsp white vinegar plus milk to make 1 cup of liquid
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Method:
- Make crumble topping by mixing the sugars, flour, salt and baking soda with the melted butter. The nuts are added last. Rub the ingredients together to get a crumbly texture and pop the whole thing in the fridge for later.
- Using an electric mixer, blend the butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the eggs.
- Mix together the baking powder and the flour (I recommend you do this now because once the baking soda and vinegar react it is best to get the muffins in the oven as quickly as possible)
- Dissolve the baking soda in the milk and vinegar mixture and mix with the butter, sugar and eggs.
- Gently mix in the dry ingredients.
- Stir in the blueberries and divide into muffin tray.
- Last, sprinkle muffins with crumble topping and bake in a 375 degree F oven.
*Note: There is usually quite a bit of left over crumble topping. You can adjust the recipe to make a little bit less, but these are the proportions I was given.
