Blueberry Angel Muffins
- Nonstick cooking spray, for the muffin cups
- 2/3 cup cake flour (2.67 ounces, 76 grams)
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar (2 ounces, 57 grams)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (1.25 grams)
- 1/4 cups blueberries (6.5 ounces, 185 grams)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (8 grams)
- 8 large egg whites (7 ounces, 200 grams), at room temperature
- Pinch of cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (3.5 ounces, 99 grams), plus 6 teaspoons additional for sprinkling
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 12-cup standard-size muffin tin
- Sifter
- Electric Mixer
- Cake tester
- Position a rack in the center of the oven.
- Lightly grease a standard-size muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray, or use ungreased paper muffin cups.
- Sift the cake flour, confectioners sugar, and salt onto a piece of parchment or waxed paper and set aside.
- In a small bowl, toss the blueberries with the vanilla.
- In a clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar on medium-low speed until frothy.
- Add 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar and beat at medium until soft peaks form.
- Beat in the remaining granulated sugar, and raise the speed to high.
- Beat until stiff peaks form.
- While the eggs are beating, preheat the oven to 375F.
- When you have stiff peaks, stop the machine and remove the bowl.
- Immediately sprinkle the dry ingredients and lemon zest over the egg whites and fold in with a rubber spatula, working carefully to avoid deflating the whites.
- Fold in half of the blueberries.
- Divide the batter among the muffin cups so that each is two-thirds full.
- Top each muffin with a few more blueberries and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar.
- Bake on the center rack until the muffins are lightly golden and a cake tester inserted in their centers comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove the muffins from the tin as soon as they come out of the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
- Serve within 4 hours.
nonstick cooking spray, cake flour, confectioners sugar, salt, blueberries, vanilla, egg whites, cream of tartar, sugar, lemon, sifter, tester
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/blueberry-angel-muffins (may not work)