10th Anniversary Blueberry Muffins from Vicki Delany

By Vicki Delany

My good friend Mary Jane Maffini invited me to be a guest blogger back in February 2015 in celebration of the first Lighthouse Library book, BY BOOK OR BY CROOK (written as Eva Gates).  Blueberries aren't exactly in season in North America in February, so I think reposting this in July, just in time for berry season is more appropriate!.

Eva Gates' Blueberry Muffins 

I always make tons of these when the farm markets are overflowing with blueberries because they freeze perfectly, right up until it’s time to make another year’s batch. These muffins are traditional in my family for Christmas breakfast.  Nothing beats the taste of a fresh blueberry on a cold winter’s morning.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 tsp nutmeg 

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin tin

In a medium bowl. whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

In a large bowl, beat butter and ONE CUP sugar until light and fluffy, approximately three minutes with an electric mixer.   

Beat in eggs, one at a time and add vanilla.

Add flour mixture to sugar and butter slowly until incorporated.

Add milk slowly and mix on low speed until just combined. Do not over mix batter. 

Sprinkle the blueberries with a little bit of flour, no more than a teaspoon, just to coat them. Shake off excess flour. The step will prevent the blueberries from sinking to the bottom of the muffins. 

Fold blueberries carefully into the muffin batter. 

Pour batter into muffin tins.  

Mix remaining 1/4 cup sugar with nutmeg. Sprinkle on muffins for nice crunchy top.

Bake for about 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean if inserted in the middle of a muffin.

Let cool and remove from pan.

By Book or By Crook was the first Lighthouse Library Mystery.  The sixth is READ AND BURIED and it will be released in October 2019. How time flies!

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