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Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins

4.43 Mitt(s) 7 Rating(s)7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 57 votes, average: 4.43 out of 57 votes, average: 4.43 out of 57 votes, average: 4.43 out of 57 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5

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A light, moist muffin flush with ripe blueberries. A perfect way to start the day.

Ingredients

  • 2 whole Eggs
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • ½ cups Vegetable Oil
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ teaspoons Almond Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 cup Blueberries

Preparation

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and prepare your muffin pan. I hate to grease muffin cups, so I use liners.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Give it a quick twist of your whisk to incorporate, set aside.

In your mixer, beat your eggs on medium-low and gradually add in sugar. Then slowly add in the oil, extracts and lemon zest.

Alternately add in the flour and sour cream until all combined and then gently fold in the blueberries (see note below).

Scoop into muffin cups and bake for about 20 minutes or until your kids ask “Are they ready yet?” and let cool for a few minutes before tearing into them.

Note: if you’re using frozen blueberries, completely thaw and then toss with 1 teaspoon of flour before tossing them into the batter. They’ll likely turn the batter purple, but they bake up clean.

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amanda79 on 8.23.2013

Perfect blueberry muffins!

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mrsbinmay on 5.26.2012

I have made these muffins many times now and they are awesome! The addition of sour cream keeps them so moist. My go-to muffin recipe now! Thank you!

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whitetictac on 11.25.2011

Very simple recipe. I skipped the lemon and added 1 tsp. of almond (which I love) instead of the 1/2 tsp. My new fav. blueberry muffin recipe, thanks!

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stilwater on 6.12.2011

These were good but honestly not great, I would rate them 3.5 if I could. I added about 2 extra teaspoons of lemon zest and 1/2 tsp more vanilla and they still didn’t have much flavor. But I personally like a sweeter muffin so maybe that was the problem?? Great texture, though. And I actually used frozen blueberries without thawing them and they worked great.

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raiseafork on 8.14.2010

this is an amazing muffin recipe! if you are looking for a good, standard muffin mix, this is the one. as miarylinb618 mentions, it is barely sweet and focuses more on the flavor of the blueberry.

i rated it four mitts instead of five for three reasons:
1) i increased the lemon zest to 3 tsp so that the blueberry flavor really stands out (without being lemony).

2) instead of putting the baking soda in with the dry ingredients, mix it with the sour cream in a separate bowl and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes. the sour cream will begin to puff up (so be sure the bowl is big enough to hold twice the measured amount of sour cream). this puffing makes the muffin so much more tender and fluffly. also, when alternating the flour and sour cream, begin and end with flour–i don’t know the science, but it does make a difference.

3) just before baking, i lightly sprinkled the top with sugar in the raw–this gives a touch of sweetness and even with just a two-finger pinch per muffin, it adds a little crunch.

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