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Orange-Scented Blueberry Muffins

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Sweet Orange-Scented Blueberry Muffins with a crunchy crumb topping, a moist blueberry bottom and just a hint of oranges.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE MUFFINS:
  • 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
  • ¾ cups Granulated Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  • 1 whole Egg, At Room Temperature
  • ⅔ cups Milk
  • ¾ Tablespoons Freshly Grated Orange Zest
  • 1 Tablespoon Milk Or Oil, Only As Needed If The Batter Is Too Thick
  • 1 cup Fresh Blueberries, Washed And De-stemmed
  • 1 cube Softened Butter To Grease Muffin Tin
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  • FOR THE TOPPING:
  • ¼ cups Granulated Sugar
  • ¼ cups Brown Sugar
  • ⅓ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 6 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Chopped Into Small Pieces
  • ½ teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Butter muffin tin or line it with muffin liners. Set aside.

Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and kosher salt in a medium mixing bowl.

In a separate mixing bowl, combine vegetable oil, egg, milk and orange zest. Add, the egg mixture all at once to the dry flour mixture. Stir until just moistened. The mixture will be a bit lumpy and thick. If it seems too thick, add 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil or milk to thin, though only do this if necessary. Add the fresh blueberries and gently fold into the mixture. Do not over-mix.

To make the crumb topping, combine 1/4 cup sugar, brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, cubed butter and ground cinnamon in a small mixing bowl. Mixture will be lumpy.

Pour or spoon muffin batter into the buttered (or lined) muffin tin, filling until almost full. Generously sprinkle the crumb topping over the tops of each muffin cup.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until muffin tops are golden brown.

Remove from heat and cool on a cooling rack for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

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karlaharper on 2.19.2011

Just made these. They are awesome! The whole family gobbled them down.

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Nela on 2.1.2011

Mmm! They look delicious! I might have to try them sometime. :)

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bamagirl on 2.1.2011

I hope to try these soon. They look so good.

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DomesticallyDevotedLaura on 2.25.2012

Very good – I used 4 Tbs of butter in the topping and it was plenty. Thanks for the great recipe!!!

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suzanh on 2.2.2011

I’d give this a 5, but I adjusted the recipe – still, quite possibly the best blueberry muffins I’ve tasted. The orange zest gives the blueberries a perfect zip.

Adjustments:
Muffins
1/3 c + 1T oil
1/3 c + 1T milk
1 1/2 c blueberries [because I needed to use them up]

Topping
5 T butter

I used more oil because we weren’t going to eat this in one day and I wanted them to stay moist. I used less butter because 5T seemed like plenty.

The topping and muffins are delicious. Definitely try them.

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