Best Blueberry Muffins
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Looking for the quintessential blueberry muffins? Look no further! These are hands down the absolute best.
Brimming with plump, juicy blueberries, these blueberry muffins boast a tender crumb and a sparkling sugar crust that practically begs you to take a bite. The recipe is simple yet yields incredibly delicious results. The secret? Using both vanilla and almond extracts to flavor the muffins. While vanilla is standard, a touch of almond extract perfectly complements the berries and infuses the muffins with an irresistible aroma.
Fresh blueberries are my preference in the summer, but frozen berries work just as well. Just remember to mix them in while they’re still frozen because thawing them can cause moisture and natural pigments to be released, resulting in purple muffins! By the way, these blueberry muffins freeze beautifully, so feel free to double the recipe and keep some on hand in the freezer for quick snacks or breakfast on the go.
What You’ll Need To Make Blueberry Muffins
Step-By-Step Instructions
To begin, combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
Whisk to blend.
Next, beat the butter and sugar for a few minutes until light and creamy.
Beat in the eggs one at a time.
Then beat in the vanilla and almond extracts.
Gradually mix in the flour mixture.
Alternating with the milk.
The batter will be thick.
Add the blueberries.
Using a rubber spatula, fold the berries into the batter.
Spoon the batter into a muffin tin lined with paper liners. (It’s important to use the liners, otherwise the blueberries will stick to the bottom of the pan, making the muffins difficult to remove.)
Sprinkle the turbinado sugar over top.
Bake for about 30 minutes.
Let the muffins cool in the pan for about ten minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Video Tutorial
How To Store & Freeze Blueberry Muffins
Since the muffins are full of juicy blueberries, they stay moist for days. The flip side of this is that they tend to get a little soggy. To store them, line a sealable container with a sheet of paper towels. Arrange the muffins in a single layer and cover with another sheet of paper towels to absorb any excess moisture. Store the muffins on the countertop or freeze for up to 3 months. Reheat the muffins in the microwave or oven to refresh, if desired.
How To Freeze Fresh Blueberries
If you go blueberry picking or your supermarket has a great sale on them, you can freeze fresh berries to use throughout the cooler months. First, toss any stems or damaged berries then put them in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Pop into the freezer until they are solid, 2 to 4 hours. After they’re frozen, transfer to an airtight container or reusable freezer bag and store for up to 3 months.
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Best Blueberry Muffins
Looking for the quintessential blueberry muffins? Look no further! These are hands down the absolute best.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ cup milk
- 2¼ cups fresh blueberries
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar (also called raw sugar or demerara sugar)
For Cooking
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 12 paper muffin liners
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and put an oven rack in the middle position. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Spray the pan and the liners with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and granulated sugar for about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl and beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract and almond extract. (The batter may look a little grainy -- that's okay).
- Gradually add the flour mixture, alternating with the milk, beating on low speed to combine. The batter will be very thick. Add the blueberries to the batter and fold gently with a spatula until evenly distributed. Do not overmix.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tin (an ice-cream scoop with a wire scraper works well here); they will be very full. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar evenly on top of the muffins.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, until lightly golden. Let the muffins cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of each muffin to free it from the pan if necessary (the blueberries can stick), then transfer the muffins to a rack to cool completely.
- Freezer-Friendly Instructions: The muffins can be frozen in an airtight container or sealable plastic bag for up to 3 months. Thaw for 3 to 4 hours on the countertop before serving. To reheat, wrap individual muffins in aluminum foil and place in a preheated 350°F oven until warm.
Nutrition Information
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- Serving size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 252
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated fat: 5 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Sugar: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Sodium: 224 mg
- Cholesterol: 52 mg
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Truly the best blueberry muffins. End of story. They freeze beautifully, but don’t deprive yourself (or anybody else) of the joy of eating one of these right out of the oven. Just perfect!
Try rolling your blueberries in flour before adding them to the batter. They won’t sink to the bottom of the batter that way.
These muffins are the best muffins I have ever made! I also tried replacing the blueberries with chocolate chips! Very tasty!! 💕
I have maybe these muffins numerous times and they have never failed so light and delicious thank you.
Do not make these muffins as written. I made them as written and had a huge mess. I believe they may have been okay if made in 24 muffin cups but definitely not 12. What a huge waste of ingredients!
Maybe you forgot to grease the top of the muffin tin. I’ve made this recipe many times and know how important that step is. This recipe is fantastic!
Yup you messed something up. I had that problem with the chocolate chip muffins I made from this site. I greased the tin this time and had no problem BUT I dont think that’s the problem you’re having. Batter too warm maybe? Hopefully someone who has more experience will chime in with ideas.
I have made these muffins exactly as instructed and they turned out great. You must have misread the directions.
I followed the recipe to the letter and mine turned out perfect both times. This time I even used the aluminum muffin tins, which tend to be slightly smaller than my regular muffin tins and they still turned out awesome. I had a little batter left over after filling all of the cups so I just put a little extra in each cup. It’s possible you missed a small step. With baking, even a small misstep can drastically effect your results.
This is my go-to recipe for Blueberry Muffins. This recipe makes the best blueberry muffins ever!!! Use fresh blueberries for the best results. Follow the recipe exactly as written. So tasty when warm with a bit of butter. I asked my hubby to rate them and he said “50”.
A+ muffins. Moist with plenty of blueberries.
Best muffins I have ever made !
Never mind I found the temperature in the second set of instructions.
Maybe you could put it in the top set as well?
Glad you found it! I’ve never put the full recipe or ingredient amounts in the step by step section, but that’s something I’ll have to consider. Thanks for the suggestion (and I hope the muffins cam out nicely)!
I added a little cinnamon to mine and these are the best blueberry muffins I have ever had anywhere!!
My cookbooks are packed for a move, so I needed to find a recipe on the interwebs. This one came out great!
I loved that there was a picture of the ingredients, a video, pictures of mixing the ingredients, and the actual recipe. All together these tools made making this recipe very easy.
These muffins are excellent. This will be my go to blueberry muffins from now on. Five stars all the way!
These are delicious!
These muffins are amazing! I followed the recipe closely but subbed 3/4 gluten free Measure to Measure flour and 1/4 almond flour for the regular flour as one of us (me!) cannot have wheat flour. My husband came back for seconds and said nonchalantly, “These aren’t gluten free are they?”. When I replied “They are”, he added “Hard to believe as they are the best I’ve ever had!” So…it’s your wonderful recipe, choice of ingredients and method…that make this recipe a keeper (though the muffins won’t stick around long)!
Thank you for this GF tip! I have made these for myself before and loved them. I used your suggestion and made them for my mom who is GF. They were just as delicious as the original version!
Hi Jenn
I don’t have any blueberries. Do you think frozen cranberries would work?
Hi Judy, I think these would be too tart with fresh cranberries. You could use this recipe for muffins if you’d like to use cranberries. Hope that helps and that you enjoy if you make them!
I see only a half cup of milk. Is that enough to make a moist muffin?
Yes, they come out moist (the blueberries add a lot of moisture to them too). Hope you enjoy if you make them!
You were kind to return my inquiry about oven temp. As a courtesy, I went through the Blueberry Muffin recipe again and did not find a temp recommended, if you care to update the recipe content.
Respectfully,
Daniel Groff
CPO USN RET
Hi Daniel, You must’ve just overlooked it as it’s the first paragraph of the instructions. Hope the muffins came out well! 🙂
Hi Jenn, I have to agree with Daniel, I have read through the recipe several times and don’t see an oven temperature.
Maybe it gets hidden in the mobile formatting?
In any case can you please advise the temperature?
Kind regards
Elisa
Hi Elisa, I just took a peek at my phone (I have an iPhone) and can see the oven temp so that’s really strange! What kind of mobile device are you using? And is there any chance you’re looking at the step by step section with the pictures as it’s not specified there — just in the full recipe below. The oven temp is 375°F/190°C.
These are the best muffins ever. It’s all in the butter. I will never buy store bought again!
I’ve tried lots of recipes I have found on the internet and never left a comment, BUT these muffins are WONDERFUL, and just had to say so! Just made them today and the almond extract makes these these exceptional. Thank you, Jenn!
Followed the recipe exactly and it was perfect! Loved the crunch from the sugar on top with the moistness of the blueberries and cake at the bottom! I would definitely make the recipe again.
These are the best blueberry muffins I’ve had! I love the almond extract kick! Subscribing to your site!!
Amazing flavour! Definitely keeping this recipe.
Excellent recipe !
Almond extract is a perfect flavour.
Thank You
KGL
I made your recipe step by step and the muffins looked exactly like yours. My husband loved the batter and told me it was really really good so the muffins were going to be the same. He was right! They were perfect!!
Wow and wow these are literally the best blueberry muffins I’ve ever had. I even had to sub milk with sour cream, frozen blueberries, instead of fresh and I didn’t have any of the extracts, and had to sprinkle with regular table sugar- even still these are simply amazing !!!
Yum!! The sprinkled sugar on top puts it over the top! So delicious…I used 1/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1 3/4 cups white flour. Just to soothe my conscience a bit 🙂
You were absolutely right! These were the best blueberry muffins! However, I made a second batch and tweaked the recipe and those were even better! They looked better too. I don’t have Instagram or I would send you a photo.
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Hi Lisa, I’d love to see them! Feel free to send a pic to jennifer@onceuponachef.com. 🙂
i loved them!
These were the best blueberry muffins I’ve ever had the privilege to bake . This one’s a keeper.
I made these for the first time today and they were DELICIOUS! I followed the recipe exactly as written. Over the years I’ve tried many, many blueberry muffin recipes. This one will be my go-to from now on. My Guinea Pig friends agree also. Everyone loved them!
A extra bit of flavour add a tsp or so of lemon zest !
Worst Blueberry Muffins recipe ever!!! What a waste of beautiful ingredients like fresh blueberries.
I wholeheartedly disagree with this unhelpful review. No mention of why it is an awful recipe so not a constructive comment at all… I’ve used several recipes online for Blueberry muffins and this one is by far the tastiest and most quickly demolished by family, friends, and co-workers. =)
Well, I’m in shock at the number of people I’ve made these for who rave for the recipe.
Do NOT agree at all! I’ve tried many different blueberry muffin recipes and this is over the top of any!
If I don’t have turbinado sugar can I sprinkle the top with regular cane sugar?
Yep 🙂
This recipe was so good and easy. I will keep this recipe close by since this will now be my go to muffin recipe.
Absolutely perfect. Thank you for a great recipe. I added just a little more almond extract and a little less sugar.
Your blueberry muffins are a great success. Everyone loves them.
I use brown sugar though and sometimes substitute one quarter cup flour with ground hazelnuts. Today I added some lemon zest. Let’s see. They’re in the oven now:)
Best blueberry muffins ever. Thank you!
These were the best! Seriously. And the results were consistent each time. I like cinnamon so I just added a pinch to the sugar for the topping. Another best part? They turned out looking share-worthy. Now I can share with friends proudly. Thanks, Jenn. You make it so easy to follow the recipe. I have a question though. We moved to a tropical country where berries cost sky high. Is there a tropical fruit I can sub for blueberries? Or can I just use chocolate chips, without any adjustments?
Hi Ruby, so glad you enjoy these! If you want to try them with a tropical fruit, I would stick with something tart. And if you’d prefer to just use chocolate chips, I’d suggest this recipe instead. Hope that helps!
This is my go to recipe! Absolutely delicious, soft and moist. My kid who does not like blueberries asked for seconds! This time I realized I did not have any milk therefore, substituted with evaporated milk and water. Also, I ran out of almond extract so I added some lemon zest and lemon juice. A great combination!
I have been wanting a fresh Blueberry muffin for a while and went with this recipe. Turned out great, I used a muffin tin, 6 count, instead of a cupcake tin. Thank you, C.
I’ve made these before and they were delicious. The addition of almond extract is perfect. However I can’t find good fresh blueberries currently, so can I use frozen wild blueberries in this recipe?
Glad you like these! Yes, you can use frozen wild blueberries. Just don’t defrost them first or the batter will turn purple. 🙂
These are by far the best Blueberry Muffins I have ever made! My husband always requests the “muffins with the almond extract”. I do not change a single thing in this perfect recipe. And I love the ice-cream scoop idea to fill the paper muffin tins. If you want perfection, this is the recipe to use. It’s a win-win recipe!
Absolutely amazing recipe. First time made muffins and turned out absolutely delicious. Highly recommend!! Family loved them and the sugar on top was such a treat.
These muffins were delicious! I used brown sugar on top and omitted almond extract and they still tasted great!
Absolutely perfect. The recipe is very easy. Usual ingredients and delightful results. We live in the Okanagan Valley BC which is full of fruit so this is a go to recipe for many of our options.
They came out perfectly. I did substitute Earth Balance for butter and almond milk for the regular just to make them parve. They were so delish and light that I ate 2.
Very best blueberry muffins I have ever made! Delicious! Thank you for the great recipe.
Adding lemon zest makes these muffins the best ever!
These blueberry muffins are amazingly delicious! They turned out perfect despite having to make a couple adjustments, including substituting almond milk for the milk, adding a bit more vanilla extract to compensate for not having almond extract and omitting the turbinado sugar. I highly recommend this recipe! I look forward to to trying out some of your other muffin recipes.
I decided to try to replace the blueberries with raspberries and it was delicious. I followed the recipe with the exception of replacing the almond extract with a 1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract. Instead of mixing the raspberries in the mixture, I filled in the muffins cups halfway with the mixture, added some raspberries then topped it off with remaining mixture. Also added a sprinkle of turbinado sugar on top. Perfection! Jen, I love how your recipes can be easily adapted.
I have made these a number of times. They are absolutely delicious every time & make 12 muffins each time. Plenty of berries. The only thing I do different is leave out the almond & use 1/2 the amount (of sugar) using Stevia blend which would be equal in sweetness to the full amount of sugar!
These are the best muffins. I have made them many times. Today it was with organic blueberries that I picked in Oregon! I may have asked this question before but, can you substitute with blackberries? We have a bush overflowing with berries right now. You need to post a blackberry recipe (hint hint).
So glad you like the muffins! While I’ve never made these with blackberries, a few other readers have commented that they have successfully. And I’ve taken your hint and will add a blackberry recipe to my list of new things to develop. 🙂
These muffins turned out perfectly! The best recipe I’ve tried!