Description
These lemon blueberry muffins offer a moist and bakery-style texture perfect for any morning. This lemon blueberry muffins recipe is easy to make and features fresh flavors. Enjoy a delightful breakfast with moist lemon blueberry muffins bursting with fruit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon or more to taste
- 6.5 Tablespoon unsalted butter-melted
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon grated lemon zest
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 and 1/3 cups blueberries-fresh or frozen (reserve ½ cup of blueberries for topping)
- 1 tablespoon flour
Instructions
- Warm your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line a muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon for the streusel topping, then mix in the melted butter with a fork until crumbly and chill until needed.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
- Rub sugar and lemon zest together in a medium bowl, then whisk in eggs until smooth.
- Add yogurt, oil, lemon juice, and vanilla to the egg mixture and whisk until pale yellow.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and stir well.
- Coat the majority of blueberries with flour and gently fold them into the batter; keep ½ cup blueberries for topping.
- Fill muffin cups two-thirds full with batter, gently tap to settle, then top with reserved blueberries and the streusel mixture.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and continue baking for 13 to 15 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For crisp tops, broil 2–3 minutes at the end
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 55mg