Blueberry Muffins that even Don will eat.

As my belated,yet very relevant welcome to summer, I made blueberry muffins!

I have a pronounced adoration with fresh produce, as we all should. I see something seasonal at its peak of perfection and must bring some home with me to enjoy during that time of year that we can truly appreciate it. Case in point, some locally grown blueberries caught my eye on Friday while grocery shopping and of course I picked some up.

Out of the two days I have off this week, today was the one that I really didn't have any plans for. I saw that we still had quite a few blueberries left in the fridge, and decided to make the best of a boring day! Oh! And I got to break in my new cooling rack :)


Blueberry Muffins (makes 10)
Another great recipe from Smitten Kitchen!

5 tablespoons unsalted butter , softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
3/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon  baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen (if frozen, don’t bother defrosting)

I also saw a struesel topping in another recipe that I added, but it's optional.

Struesel Topping
Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork.
 

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a muffin tin with 10 paper liners or spray each cup with a nonstick spray, I prefer the traditional butter and flour method, myself. 

• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. 
• Add egg and beat well, then yogurt and zest. 
• Put flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a sifter and sift dry ingredients. Add half of dry ingredients into batter and mix well. Add the other half and mix just until the flour disappears. 
• Gently fold in your blueberries with a spoon. 
• The dough will be quite thick, and as suggested an ice cream scoop works perfect.

• Fill about 3/4 full, then sprinkle struesel on top (if you decided to add it)
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until tops are golden and a tester inserted into the center of muffins comes out clean. Let cool.

New cooling rack :D

My step grandpa,Don, is the embodiment of the word 'finicky'. He eats the same plain bologna sandwich an apple everyday for dinner and my grandmother (bless her patient heart) rarely cooks homemade meals for him ;she knows of the immense possibility he will scrunch his nose and deny her suggestions for dinner. Tis a shame. But as a testament to these muffins and their tastiness, he tried one, and liked it :) .