Bakery Quality Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Costco blueberry muffins are my go to favorite store-bought muffins. I’ve been trying to create a muffin for my collection to have that is just as good or better than a Costco muffin and this is the one. Making these will make you feel really good about your baking skills too because they’re so easy but the result looks fancy!
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Fresh blueberries, a lemon blueberry reduction and a delicious lemon crumble combine to make a homemade version of your favorite bakery muffin!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Ingredients
Blueberry Reduction-
1 tsp sugar
1 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
Muffins-
2 ½ cups flour
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 cup blueberries
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled for at least 5 minutes
¼ cup canola/vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Topping-
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup flour
6 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
Blueberry Reduction-
Place blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir and smoosh blueberries with a spoon every minute or two till mixture is reduced to about ¼ of a cup. About 15 minutes. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
Topping-
Combine sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl. Add flour and butter and mix till crumbly. Set aside.
Muffins-
In a medium mixing bowl combine together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add in blueberries and gently mix again.
In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, vanilla extract, buttermilk, and oil. Slowly pour in, while whisking, the cooled butter.
Pour liquid mixture into flour mixture and stir with a large spoon till a few flour streaks remain. Do not overmix!
Assembly-
Spray a standard size muffin tin with cooking spray. Evenly distribute mixture into 12 portions of a muffin tin. Muffins will be filled fairly high. Add 1 teaspoon of reduction on top in the middle of each muffin and swirl in a figure 8 motion. Add about 1 ½ tablespoons of the topping to each muffin.
Bake for about 18-20 minutes till an inserted toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
Let cool for 10 minutes in tin before removing muffins to finish cooling on a wire rack.
Notes
Fill each muffin tin up about 3/4 of the way. If you have extra batter after filling a tray, make a few extra.
These were delicious! A bit of work in changing the “cup” measurements into decilitres, but very well worth it 🙂
I wish I was smart enough to be able to have my recipes easily in both measurements! I don’t know how to cook or bake with any other measurements than how we do it in America, unfortunately! I’m glad they were delicious though!