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Blueberry Lemon Sugar Muffins

Savoring Spoon
Recipe for 6 muffins
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Cuisine dessert
Servings 6 muffins

Ingredients
  

Lemon Sugar

  • 1/6 cup sugar
  • 1 medium lemon worth of lemon zest

Muffins

  • 5 oz 1 cup blueberries
  • 3.875 oz sugar 1/2 cup
  • 6.25 oz all purpouse flour 1 1/4 cup
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted Earth Balance melted then cooled
  • 1/8 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice in 1/2 cup plain soymilk let sit room temp 15 min prior to use
  • 3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions
 

reheat oven

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Make lemon sugar

  • Zest 1 medium sized lemon
  • Add 1/6 cup sugar to teh lemon zest and mix with a fork
  • In a separate cup, squeeze out lemon juice to use for your buttermilk

Make the "buttermilk"

  • Measure out 1/2 cup plain soymilk and add 1/2 teapsoon lemon juice, stir, set aside at least 15 min at room temp prior to use

Make the blueberry sauce filling

  • In a small saucepan, add 1/2 cup blueberries to the pan and then add 1/2 teaspon sugar. Cook on medium heat and mash the berries with the back of a wooden spoon whie you heat Stir to cook the berries (Takes about 3-5 minutes) until berries form a thick slury.
  • Take off heat and let cool to room temp in a bowl for 15 min.

Make the muffin

  • Mix flour, baking powder, salt in a large bowl. Whisk eggs in a medium bowl, then add in remaining sugar. Then add in melted butter and oil. Add the soymilk with lemon juice, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Then fold the liquid mixure into the dry mixture. Add remaining blueberries into the mixture and mix lightly.
  • Line muffin pan with cupcake liners
  • Spoon in 2 tablespoons of batter in each muffin cup. Then spoon in about 1 teaspoon of cooked berry slurry on top. Then spoon another tablespoon of batter over the slurry. Each muffin cup should be filled to the brim.
  • Sprinkle lemon sugar evenly over top of each muffin.
  • Bake until toothpick inserted to center of muffin is clean of crumbs (having berry mix come out on the toothpick is normal, but it should be crumb less), and edges are a golden brown. This took 17 minutes in my oven. Halfway through rotate the muffin tin.
  • Let muffin tin cool for 5 minutes after baking, then transfer muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely prior to serving (or eat it warm!).