Indulge in the delightful world of blueberry muffins with our curated collection of recipes inspired by the culinary expertise of Alton Brown from his renowned show, Good Eats on Food Network. Explore a variety of muffin variations, each offering a unique taste and texture that will satisfy your cravings. From classic blueberry muffins bursting with juicy blueberries and a tender crumb to creative takes like streusel-topped muffins with a crunchy, buttery topping, our recipes cater to every palate. Discover the secrets to achieving a perfectly golden-brown exterior and a moist, flavorful interior that will make these muffins the star of your morning breakfast or afternoon tea.
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OVER THE TOP BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
The breakfast classic made better with an oversized, crisp, sweet muffin top and plenty of tangy blueberries.I try to make a habit of going back from time-to-time to retry my recipes from the past, and recently I decided to pit my two blueberry muffin recipes against each other. The recipe from my second book, I'm Just Here For The Food, was designed to be kind of course and rustic, and the one from Good Eats was formulated to be softer and more cupcake-like. And I decided I didn't like either of them. But a hybrid blueberry muffin is just right. Oh, and I upped the portion, not because we need bigger muffins, but because everybody likes a muffin top. Both U.S. standard and metric measurements are listed, but for deliciously consistent results, go metric.This recipe first appeared on altonbrown.com.Photo by Lynne Calamia
Provided by Level Agency
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375ºF. Coat a standard 12-cup muffin pan and one small oven-safe ramekin with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a second bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs, egg yolks, yogurt, and orange zest until smooth.
- Make a crater in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir with a rubber spatula until just barely combined. Resist the urge to overmix - there should be some lumps of flour in the batter.
- Fold in the blueberries, mixing just to combine.
- Drop a scant 1 cup of batter in each of the muffin tin's wells. Whatever's leftover can be dropped into the prepared ramekin. The cups should be quite full.
- Sprinkle the muffins with the demerera sugar and bake or until a toothpick inserted into the bottom of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and turn out, upside down, onto a clean tea towel to cool completely. This step is key in preventing mushy muffin bottoms, which nobody, and I do mean nobody, likes.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS à LA ALTON BROWN (GOOD EATS ON FOOD NET
We tried this recipe because I was craving having blueberry streusel scones (# 244646) again. However, I am trying to cut down on my saturated fat and cholesterol, so we looked for something to fill that baked goods craving without blowing my daily saturated fat limit, and Alton Brown is often a decent place to start. We used whole wheat pastry flour with some flax meal thrown in for good measure, frozen blueberries allowed to thaw slightly, and a silicon muffin tin. They were somehow dense and light at the same time, and had an interesting buttermilk note (we assume from the yogurt). Also, Alton says muffins are really more like pancakes than cupcakes!
Provided by Chellerystick
Categories Quick Breads
Time 45m
Yield 12 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 380 degrees F.
- Whisk together "wet" ingredients: sugar, oil, egg and yogurt.
- Sift together "dry" ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Toss blueberries with 1 T. of dry mix.
- Add wet ingredients to the remaining dry ingredients.
- Stir mixture for a count of 10. (Do not overstir.).
- Add 1 cup blueberries to batter and stir 3 times. (Do not overstir.).
- Spray or line muffin tins and add batter (e.g. with #20 scoop).
- Press remaining berries lightly into tops of muffins.
- Put in oven and raise temp to 400.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes; rotate at midpoint.
- Remove and invert onto towel to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 287.8, Fat 10.5, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 20.3, Sodium 205.7, Carbohydrate 45, Fiber 1, Sugar 19.5, Protein 3.9
THE BEST BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
The problem with most blueberry muffins is there are never enough blueberries. But for the batter to support the weight and moisture of the berries, it needs to have an airier texture than most dump-and-stir muffin recipes. So, we creamed the butter for that extra lift and to prevent the blueberries from making the batter gummy. We also added buttermilk and sour cream for richness and tang and to help tenderize the crumb. Lemon zest adds brightness and sprinkling raw sugar before baking give a nice crunch to the muffin tops.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 1h15m
Yield 12 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Whisk together 2 1/2 cups of the flour and the baking powder in a medium bowl until completely combined. Toss 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries with the remaining 2 tablespoons flour in a medium bowl until completely coated. Whisk together the buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla and salt in a large measuring cup until smooth.
- Arrange a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Spray the top of a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray and line with standard cupcake liners. (It's important to spray the top of the pan because the muffin tops will stick to the pan if you don't.)
- Beat the butter, granulated sugar and lemon zest with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the egg and yolks and continue beating until fully incorporated, about 2 minutes.
- With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the wet ingredients in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in the blueberries until evenly distributed (be careful not to overmix).
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups with a heaping 1/3 cup per muffin. Top the batter with the remaining 1/2 cup blueberries, gently pressing to adhere (you should have 4 to 5 berries per muffin). Sprinkle with the raw sugar.
- Bake the muffins, rotating the pan halfway through, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Then remove the muffins onto the wire rack to cool completely.
BLUEBERRY BUCKLE
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 (9-inch) cake
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray a 9 by 9-inch glass baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and ground ginger. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Add the egg and beat until well incorporated, approximately 30 seconds. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat on low speed just until incorporated and then add 1/3 of the milk and beat until incorporated. Repeat, alternating flour and milk until everything has combined. Gently stir in the blueberries and pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- For the topping: In a small bowl combine the sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add the butter and work into the dry ingredients using a fork to combine. Continue until the mixture has a crumb-like texture. Sprinkle the mixture on top of the cake. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 35 minutes or until golden in color. Cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
ALTON BROWN'S BLUEBERRY SODA FROM GOOD EATS (FOOD NETWORK)
Make and share this Alton Brown's Blueberry Soda from Good Eats (Food Network) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by The College Cook
Categories Punch Beverage
Time 17m
Yield 12 Drinks worth of Syrup, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place the blueberries and the water into a medium saucepan, set over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the mixture into a colander lined with cheesecloth that is set in a large bowl.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
- Gather up the edges of the cheesecloth and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible.
- Discard the skin and pulp.
- Return the blueberry juice to the saucepan along with the sugar and lime juice.
- Place over medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and transfer to a heatproof glass container and place in the refrigerator, uncovered, until completely cooled.
- Before Serving: Combine 1/4 cup of the liquid with 8-ounces of carbonated water and serve over ice.
ALTON BROWN'S BLUEBERRY BUCKLE (GOOD EATS)
Make and share this Alton Brown's Blueberry Buckle (Good Eats) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Snoozlepip
Categories Breads
Time 1h25m
Yield 1 Coffee Cake, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- FOR THE CAKE: Spray a 9 by 9-inch glass baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and ground ginger. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Add the egg and beat until well incorporated, approximately 30 seconds. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat on low speed just until incorporated and then add 1/3 of the milk and beat until incorporated. Repeat, alternating flour and milk until everything has combined. Gently stir in the blueberries and pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- FOR THE TOPPING: In a small bowl combine the sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add the butter and work into the dry ingredients using a fork (or your fingers) to combine. Continue until the mixture has a crumb-like texture.
- Sprinkle the mixture on top of the cake. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 35 minutes or until golden in color. Cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.4, Fat 6.6, SaturatedFat 3.9, Cholesterol 27.6, Sodium 104.7, Carbohydrate 34.6, Fiber 1, Sugar 18.2, Protein 2.5
Tips:
- For a tender crumb, don't overmix the batter. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- To ensure even baking, fill the muffin cups evenly and bake in the center of the oven.
- For a crispy muffin top, sprinkle the tops with granulated sugar before baking.
- To prevent the muffins from sticking to the pan, use a non-stick muffin pan or line the cups with paper liners.
- Muffins are best eaten fresh out of the oven, but they can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Conclusion:
Alton Brown's blueberry muffins are a delicious and easy-to-make treat. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can enjoy these muffins for breakfast, lunch, or a snack. Whether you follow the original recipe or try one of the variations, these muffins are sure to be a hit.
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