Lemon Blueberry Muffins
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 5 drops lemon oil
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 egg yolks or 2 whole eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk (or 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 c. plain yogurt)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- Cream together butter, sugar, lemon oil or zest, and vanilla.
- Add egg yolks or eggs one at a time and beat well after each one.
- In a small bowl, combine buttermilk or milk/yogurt, water, and lemon juice.
- In a third bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Alternately add dry ingredients and wet ingredients to butter mixture beginning and ending with dry.
- Fold in blueberries.
- Spoon evenly into 24 muffin tins.
- Bake in preheated oven at 425 degrees for 7 minutes.
- Reduce oven heat to 325 degrees and bake for another 10-12 minutes or until the muffins spring back when touched on top.
- Remove from tins and cool on wire rack.
butter, sugar, lemon oil, lemon, vanilla, egg yolks, buttermilk, water, lemon juice, flour, baking soda, salt, frozen blueberries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lemon-blueberry-muffins-322539 (may not work)