Yep, I’m that person who instantly thinks of Blueberry Muffins when blueberries are abundant and cheap. And you’re just 30 minutes away from these being a reality in your life. Incredibly moist and fluffy with golden domed tops, you’ll fall in love with one bite!
Blueberry Muffins
Come blueberry season every year, I make dozens and dozens of blueberry muffins. I know, I know, I’m so disappointingly predictable. You want me to make come up with something more gourmet and exciting, and here I am, just bringing you another boring muffin recipe.
Or…. are they??
No, this is not just another dull Blueberry Muffin recipe. These are the blueberry muffins of your dreams!
They’re magically soft and moist on the inside with a sweet golden dome. They are not overly sweet, they’re bursting with blueberries and once you make these, you will never look at another blueberry muffin recipe again!
Muffins are notorious for being dry and crumbly on the inside. But these are outrageously soft and moist!
Why muffins come out dry and crumbly
The main cause of dry, hard muffins is over-mixing the batter and overcooking the muffins.
So the the 3 simple secrets for beautifully soft and moist blueberry muffins are:
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use butter AND oil -butter makes things tasty but oil makes things moist. So use both!
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don’t mix the batter more than 12 times ; and
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don’t bake for longer than 20 minutes.
What you need for Blueberry Muffins
Here’s what you need (let’s pretend I didn’t forget EGGS in the photo!!!):
Just a couple of notes on the above:
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Blueberries – yes you can use frozen. Just mix them through frozen. Do not thaw – they will bleed in the batter;
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Buttermilk – this makes the muffin crumb beautifully tender and moist. But don’t worry if you don’t have any, it can be substituted with a lemon/milk mixture – see recipe notes. It is a very good substitute – the surface won’t be as smooth as pictured but the inside is just as tender;
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Baking soda is also known as bi-carb and it’s a stronger version of baking powder. It gives these muffins an extra lift. Can be substituted with more baking powder; and
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Butter is for flavour whereas oil makes the muffin moist. It’s one of the secrets to these Best Ever Blueberry Muffins!
How to make Blueberry Muffins
The making part is a 5 minute job if you use muffin liners and an ice cream scoop to fill the muffin tin:
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Whisk dry ingredients, whisk wet ingredients, then mix both together;
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Stir in blueberries;
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Scoop and dollop into muffin tin, then bake. Done!
These Blueberry Muffins and Chocolate Chip Muffins are always best consumed on the day they are made. The next day and beyond, reheating them works wonders to make them ultra moist again (just 15 seconds in the microwave), as though they were freshly made.
Add a little sliver of butter, you’ll be in muffin heaven. In fact, you might just save these just so you can justify slathering on lashing of butter, just to experience that.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! – Nagi x
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Moist Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups plain flour (all purpose flour)
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda / bi carb soda (sub extra 3 tsp baking powder)
- 1 cup white sugar (caster, granulated or superfine)
- 1/4 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk (Note 1)
- 60g / 4 tbsp butter , unsalted, melted
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs , at room temperature, lightly whisked (Note 2)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Blueberries
- 250g / 8 oz blueberries , fresh (~2 cups, Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (all oven types) (Note 4). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper patties.
- Whisk Dry: Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a bowl.
- Whisk Wet: In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, melted butter, oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Combine Wet & Dry: Make a well in the flour bowl, pour in egg mixture. Mix until just combine - try not to stir more than 8 times. Some flour lumps in the batter is fine.
- Add blueberries: Stir through most of the blueberries - reserve some for topping.
- Fill muffin tin: Divide batter between paper cases. Top with remaining blueberries.
- Bake 1: Bake for 5 minutes, then turn oven down to 180°C/350°F.
- Bake 2: Bake for a further 13 minutes (fan) or 15 minutes (standard ovens), or until a skewer inserted into the muffin comes out clean.
- Cool: Remove muffins from the muffin tin immediately onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature (warm is extra yum!)
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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This is the simplest and most successful muffin recipe I’ve found. They look great and don’t stick to the papers, like others I’ve tried.
Definitely will be favourite in my Google Bookmarks.
Forgot to rate!
Love love love! Easier than popping down to the bakery for morning tea. Blueberries out of the freezer. I used the folded baking paper type muffin liners from woolies and it made 16 good sized muffins that rose perfectly.
Happy with results. I was worried that I didn’t grease top of muffin tray when I saw them spilling over however they didn’t stick.
Can I use brown sugar or mixed brown & white sugar?
Divine recipe! Moist and not too sweet. My batter was much thicker than yours and I moved to a smaller pan to get those gorgeous tops. Made mine in my airfryer – 7 min at 180C and then 15 min at 170C. Came out with a gorgeous crunch at the top!
Unclear on the baking soda comment. Am I using 3 tsp if only using soda? Otherwise 1 tsp each soda and bi carb?
Amazing muffins, fluffy on the inside and crisp on top, and they keep well too!
Delicious.
Great cupcakes to celebrate 50 subscribers! We put white chocolate chips in as well. Thanks Nagi!
Absolutely divine!! HEAVENLY!! I made 12 muffins, I used a fanforced oven, and I needed 20 minutes total cooking time. Wow, the muffins are perfect texture, slight crisp on the top, and nice crispy bits on the edges. Muffin is perfectly moist inside and extra delicious when eaten warm and fresh! 110% will make this again!
This is the best blueberry muffin recipe I’ve ever used! Everyone loves them, I will be making them often 😊 if you have a similar passion fruit recipe I would love to try it.
Nagi I LOVE every single recipe I’ve made of yours (I’ve tried almost all of them!). The only problem I had here was spillage, it seems they spread before they cooked through and while they are absolutely still delicious, they are a little uglier than yours lol. I’m thinking it might be something to do with my muffin tin being smaller than yours. Thankyou so much for all you do!
Chelsea – if you’re in Australia, I buy the tall pre made paper muffin cases from Woolies and they cope perfectly with the rise. Also, makes them look very professional!
Thankyou so much for this Julie!!
Made as per the recipe.. I did have to add 5min extra baking time.. My most successful muffin baking experience ever! I have never quite mastered muffin recipes until now!
Crispy top, crumby-moist centre, lots of blueberries. Not too sweet. Nice served with a little butter.
I will be making again 💕
In a word, Outstanding. I tweaked the recipe just a bit. I took out a tsp of flour and added a tsp of cornstarch — cake flour. I also had jumbo eggs on hand vs large. So tender, so moist. Becaue of allegies, I had to use almond extract. If you don’t have an allergy to vanilla, do switch. It’s good, but it’s different. Thank you so much for your recipe.
Fantastic and Bombastic
It’s blueberry season here in southeastern Ontario Canada and I had a bunch of blueberries to use up in the fridge so I thought I would check and see what Nagi would do. Made these muffins this morning and OMG they are the best muffins I have ever made. The tops were almost carmelized and crunchy while the insides were soft and moist. I have added to my recipe tin and will make these again for sure. Thanks Nagi!
These muffins are delicious and easy to make. However, I also have the issue of them spilling over rather than rising. I am using in-date ingredients (baking powder etc) and following the recipe exactly with room temp eggs. Have even tried a cooking hack of putting the batter in the fridge like cookies, same issue. Any suggestions? Love making these just frustrated at the spillage and having to separate them when they are cooked.
My teenage sons first muffins made from fresh and frozen blueberries were awesome
Worked beautifully with frozen blueberries that we picked back in summer. Cooked for a few extra minutes.
These were so simple to make and tasted fantastic! Just the right balance of sweet.