With a fresh punnet of lush dark blueberries in the fridge and an affection for muffins, it was time to try Mary Berry’s blueberry muffins recipe.
Ingredients
250g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
50g softened butter
75g caster sugar
175g blueberries
Grated rind of 1 lemon
2 large eggs
250ml milk
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200c/Fan 180c/Gas 6. Place muffin cases in a 12-hole muffin tin
- Measure the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, blueberries and the grated lemon rind.
- Mix together the eggs and milk, then pour the mixture all in one go into the dry ingredients. Mix quickly to blend. The mixture should have a lumpy consistency. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins or paper cases, filling almost to the top.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20-25 minutes until well risen, golden and firm to the touch. Leave to cool for a few minutes in the tray, then lift out the paper cases and cool the muffins for a few minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm.
I’m so impressed with these blueberry muffins – nicely brown on top and light and gooey on the inside.
The cooked blueberries lend a deep purple-blue hue to my muffins.
Blueberries have great nutritious qualities, they are loaded with anthocyanin, which give the berries their blue colour and high levels of antioxidants. Blueberries also make nutritious, lavender-hued smoothies. Slice a banana into your blender, add blueberries and strawberries. Pour in apple juice to make the consistency you like and whizz until smooth. Toss a few extra fruits on top and serve. The perfect breakfast with your warm blueberry muffin.
And not to waste those luscious lemons as lemon water flushes out toxins and is extremely beneficial for the body, while I waited for the muffins to cook I indulged in my daily lemon water.
Keep smiling
Claire
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I love a good blueberry muffin, and these look absolutely delicious.
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These look delicious. I love blueberries. You even inspired me to make muffins this morning (I don’t have blueberries though, so pumpkin it is)!
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This looks delicious! I have a muffin every morning with either tea or coffee. I drink lemon water throughout the day, but now I want to try a nice anti-oxidant smoothie. Instead of buying the muffins, I will try making them like this. :)
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Enjoy x
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Never been a fan of blueberry muffins but these look great! Love the title too ;)
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Thank you x
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These look so good! I love blueberry muffins and fresh ones sound amazing :)
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Yum! These look delicious! I love blueberry muffins! :)
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Yum, love blueberry muffins! Will have to wait for them to come back into season here – the frozen ones just aren’t the same :)
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I so wish blueberries were still in season! They are definitely my favourite thing to add to smoothies, muffins and oatmeal!
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I adore anything that contains blueberries, they are one of my favourite berries. The muffins look delicious.
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Thank you x
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I love blueberries so much! I think I might make a blueberry cobbler this weekend!
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Oooh that sounds lovely x
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Do you know, my girls love blueberry muffins but I never make them – thanks for triggering my memory!
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I love muffins – these look absolutely delicious! Good idea to have with a nutritious smoothie too x
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Blueberries are my favorite! This looks so good!
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Thank you Bonnie x
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I really miss eating muffin, this one looks fantastic, I wanna grab it from my screen lol.
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I wasn’t always keen on blueberries (I think it was the way they looked), but I’ve been enjoying them more and more over the years. I especially love the health benefits, and adding them to fruit smoothies.
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After many years of trying blueberries I still can’t work out if I like them or not. I think I may have to try another one of your brilliant recipes and try them out 😊
Laura x
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They are lovely in a warm muffin x
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These are looking super good Claire. I love blueberry muffins so will be adding this to the list of things to make
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Thanks! They are absolutely delicious x
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Nice recipe to try at home rather than going to restaurants and paying twice or thrice the cost. Though I’m not sure if its easy to find blueberries here in the Philippines. I’ll check in my next grocery.
♥ Louise | http://www.louisechelleblog.com
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Awwww I just woke uo then read this article…. This made me sooo hungry :( I super love blueberry. It’s always my cake if choice whenever I drink coffee or tea :)
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I do not need to be looking at posts like this when I am trying to lose weight!!!! They look soooooo good. I pinned them and may just have to break down and make them.
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You could have one as a treat for being so good x
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I love blueberries they are one of my favourite fruits and the muffins look delicious! Thanks for sharing #busydoinglife
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Thank you x
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It has been a while that I was looking for a blueberry muffin recipe and I think this one caught my attention. Looked so yummy and inviting too! Thanks for sharing! #busydoinglife
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Thanks x
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I am so weird about blueberries, I cannot just eat them whole by themselves. I love the sound of that blueberry muffin recipe!
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I love popping lemon into my water too, why waste it! xxx
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Muffins and smoothie look gorgeous – I definitely wouldn’t mind waking up to these! Great pics :) #busydoinglife
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Thank you x
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Mmm those look amazing! We’ve only done blueberry muffins from pre-made packages, we’ll have to try these!
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Enjoy! They are delicious x
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Blueberry muffins are my favorite! Especially on Sunday mornings. :)
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Oh my GOD! These look delicious! You’ve made me really hungry now… *heads off to scour the cupboards for a choccie biccie* :) xx
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lol! x
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These look amazing! I will definitely try them out!
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Enjoy them x
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Cant wait to get an oven so I can start baking. I bookmarked this so I can go back to it. Thanks for the recipe!
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You’ll love them, they are absolutely delicious x
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I don’t like blueberries, but I do love blueberry muffins, yes I know I am strange lol. Will be trying this recipe out x
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They are so yummy :) Enjoy x
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I love the idea of a blueberry smoothie, lavender-hued sounds so pretty!
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Yum. These look delicious. I love blueberry muffins, so I’m going to have to try these.
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