Wild Blueberry Buttermilk Cinnamon Muffins
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup fresh wild blueberries, picked over (or substitute same amount of frozen wild blueberries)
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Grease 12 regular ( 1/2-cup) or 6 large (1-cup) muffin tins or line with paper liners.
- I find non-stick cooking spray works very well.
- Combine the cinnamon and sugar for the topping in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then beat in the vanilla.
- Into a separate bowl, sift both flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add the flour mixture to the batter in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk in two additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Spoon the batter into the muffin cups to about 2/3 full.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes for regular-sized muffins, 25 to 30 minutes for large muffins, or until the tops are golden and spring back when lightly touched and a wooden skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
- Cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
- Dip the crowns of each muffin first into the cooled melted butter, then into the sugar-cinnamon mixture, then cool right-side up on a wire rack.
- Serve warm, slathered with sweet butter, or at room temperature.
- To store, wrap well in plastic wrap.
- Muffins may be frozen for up to 1 month.
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Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/wild-blueberry-buttermilk-cinnamon-muffins (may not work)