Crunchy-Top Blueberry Muffins

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Crunchy-Top Blueberry Muffins
Photography by Mark Burstyn

This recipe makes 12 servings

Nutritional Info
Per muffin: about	-
cal	214214 cal
pro	4 g4g pro
total fat	6 g6g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	37 g37g carb
fibre	1 g1g fibre
chol	32 mg32mg chol
sodium	276 mg276mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	55 calcium
iron	99 iron
vit A	22 vit A
vit C	88 vit C
folate	1515 folate

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Chefs of all ages will make Mom beam with pride when they serve up these blueberry muffins. Measure out all the ingredients before beginning. This ensures that you are not missing anything and keeps you organized. The French term for this is mise en place, used by pros in the kitchen.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour 2 2cups cupsall-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 3/4cup cupgranulated sugar
1 tbsp baking powder 1 1tbsp tbspbaking powder
1 tsp baking soda 1 1tsp tspbaking soda
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 1/2tsp tspsalt
1/2 cup plain yogurt 1/2 1/2cup cupplain yogurt
2 tsp grated orange rind 2 2tsp tspgrated orange rind
1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 1/4cup cuporange juice
1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/4 1/4cup cupvegetable oil
2 eggs 2 2eggeggs
1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsfresh blueberryfresh blueberries
Crunchy Topping:
1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 1/4cup cupgranulated sugar
1 tbsp grated orange rind 1 1tbsp tbspgrated orange rind

Preparation

Prepare Pan
Adjust oven rack to centre. Heat oven to 400°F (200°C).

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

Make Batter
Pour flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into large bowl; whisk until blended.

Pour yogurt, orange rind and juice, oil and eggs into another large bowl; whisk until smooth.

Pour yogurt mixture over dry ingredients. Sprinkle with blueberries. With wooden spoon, stir just until you can't see any flour.

Fill Muffin Cups
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling three-quarters full.

Prepare Topping
In small bowl and using fingers or spoon, mix sugar with orange rind. Sprinkle over batter in each cup.

Bake Muffins
Bake muffins in oven until tops are golden and firm to the touch, about 25 minutes.

Place rack on counter. Wearing oven mitts, transfer muffin tin to rack and let muffins cool.

Additional information :

Helpful Tips:
To measure dry ingredients, such as flour and granulated sugar, spoon into dry-measure cup and scrape off any extra with flat edge of knife.

To measure liquids, use clear liquid-measure cup and bend down so your eye is level with markings on cup.

Source : Canadian Living magazine: May 2006