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Blueberry Swirl Muffins

Ingredients

  • Lemon-Sugar Topping
  • cup sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons grated lemon zest

Muffins

  • 2 cups blueberries
  • 1 ⅛ cup plus 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Lemon-Sugar Topping
  • Stir together sugar and lemon zest in a small bowl until combined and set aside.

Muffins

  • Heat oven to 425 degrees. Spray 12-cup muffin tin with vegetable oil spray or use liners.
  • Bring 1 cup blueberries and 1 teaspoon of sugar to a simmer in small saucepan over medium heat.
  • Cook, smashing berries with spoon several times and stirring frequently until berries have broken down and mixture is thickened, about 5-6 minutes.
  • Transfer to a small bowl and allow to cool.
  • Whisk the flour,baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
  • Whisk remaining 1 ⅛ cups of sugar and eggs together until combined do this for about a minute.
  • Slowly whisk in butter, and oil until combined. Whisk in buttermilk and vanilla until combined.
  • Fold egg mixture and remaining 1 cup blueberries into flour and mix until moistened.
  • Batter will be lumpy and that's okay.
  • Using an ice cream scoop or large spoon, divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.
  • Spoon 1 teaspoon of the cooked berry mixture onto the batter.
  • Using a skewer or knife, swirl the berry mixture into the batter making a figure-eight motion.
  • Sprinkle lemon-sugar evenly over muffins.
  • Bake until golden brown and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Abut 17-19 minutes and rotate halfway through baking.
  • Let muffins cool in pan and then transfer to wire rack.

Notes

Fresh blueberries can be used for this recipe. Also, I have used one of each fresh and frozen. When I used frozen that's what I used for the blueberry compote.
This compote recipe is not as sweet as others so I would not advise using this on pancakes since this was meant for the muffins and there's added sweetness to the muffin batter.
Adapted from Cook's Illustrated