(you can purchase the book here). These girls like to bake the old fashioned way like I do, which is why I keep going back to their brilliant collection of goodies. When baking, it is just as important to use precise measurements as it is to use fresh and simple ingredients. For these blueberry muffins, buttermilk adds a moistness that whole milk just can't grasp and plump tart blueberries sweeten in the oven as they bake making this breakfast treat a play on dessert. I topped mine off with cinnamon sugar to give it extra OOMF! Not that it needs it...that's just how I roll.
Start with fresh plump blueberries. Roll them in a little flour and set aside.
Mix dry ingredients together and make a well in the center.
This is where you will add all of your wet ingredients.
Mix wet and dry ingredients together just until combined.
Don't worry if it's lumpy...it's supposed to be. This will help make your muffins extra fluffy.
Gently stir in blueberries. Don't over mix here folks.
You want to keep them light and moist - GOOD!
Over mixing will make them tough and heavy -BAD!
Scoop in prepared pan and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and pop in the oven.
Baked to perfection.
Take a look at that blueberry BURSTING with flavor.
Happy Baking,
Buttercream
(adapted from The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook)
Ingredients
3 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups blueberries, dried and lightly coated with flour
2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon mixture (for sprinkling)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix
- Make a small hole in the center and add all wet ingredients
- Mix until all is wet but make sure you don't over mix
- Slowly start to fold the blueberries into the mix
- spray muffin pan with Pam and scoop dough into cups about 3/4 full. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown
- Stick a toothpick in the center to make sure it comes out clean or with moist crumbs
I love the magnolia bakery book, every recipe in it is genius. I recently went to NY and visited magnolia, it was really wonderful. I haven't tried this recipe yet but the muffins look amazing, I'm determined to bake ever recipe in the book at some point, I'll get there...eventually. X
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and Yummy! And you get to lick the bowl when you bake at home!
ReplyDeleteWonderful muffins it is! I can't wait to get my hands on their book now. Simple,traditional and rustic baking are always better and a more satisfying way to bake,IMO. Never 'cake mix' anything,it just ruins the baking persona peeps. Now,off to the kitchen to bake some scrumptious muffins and hope they look as good as yours! Munch munch muffin! Thanks for posting this cuties!
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