Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Breads - Recipe for Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

Makes 12 muffins • From the kitchen of Aaron

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups blueberries
dash sugar for sprinkling tops of muffins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  2. Grease 12-cup muffin pan.

  3. In large bowl with mixer on medium speed, cream butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

  4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, add alternately to creamed mixture with milk and vanilla.

  5. Crush 1/2 cup blueberries and add to batter. Fold remaining berries into batter and spoon into muffin pan.

  6. Sprinkle with sugar.

  7. Bake 30 minutes.

  8. Cool in pan for 5 minutes and turn onto wire rack.