Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Soft, Moist, Bright, and cheerful..!!

Recipe: Lemon Blueberry Muffin

Type: Breakfast or Dessert

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 16 to 17 standard size muffin

Dry Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour - 2 cup
• Lemon zest - 2 tbsp
• Baking soda - 1 Tsp
• Salt -1/8 Tsp
• White granulated sugar - 1 cup
• blueberries - 1 and 1/2 cup (you can change as per your liking this measurement will give you berries in every bite and I love that way)

Wet Ingredients:

• Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup
• Lemon juice - 1/2 cup
• Yogurt - 1 cup
• Vanilla essence - 1 1/2 Tsp 
• Egg - 2

Note:

• All ingredients should be at room temperature for good results.
• Use appropriate measurement cups for good results. The measurement cups I use here are US standard measurement.
• Use thick yogurt in the recipe. Instead of yogurt, you can also use 3/4th cup buttermilk (In the 3/4th cup of milk add 1 tbsp of lemon juice or vinegar).

Preparation:

• Line muffin tray with cup linear and set aside. Preheat the oven to 425 F for 10 -12 mins.
• In a large mixing bowl beat together egg and sugar. Add oil, yogurt, salt, vanilla and mix these well until incorporated. Beat in lemon juice and zest too.

• Sift all purpose flour (Fold in the blueberries in the flour first) and baking soda over the wet ingredients and fold only till no streak of flour is visible. Use a spatula for this job and employ cut and fold method to avoid over mixing. Make sure to get to the bottom of your bowl.

• Save some blueberries for dotting on top before baking (for those appealing tops). Fill the linear halfway and sprinkle some sugar above to give it a nice texture(Its optional).
• Bake these for 7 minutes at 425°F. Then keeping the muffins in the oven, lower the temperature to 350°F and continue to bake for 17-19 minutes. Or till the muffin passes the toothpick test.

•  Allow to cool them on the wire rack after 5 minutes of taking these out of the oven.

Note:

• No need to thaw if using frozen berries.
• For longer storage, you may freeze them and thaw a few hours before enjoying.
• You can store these muffins at room temperature for 2 days covered tightly. These muffins stay fresh in the refrigerator for upto a week.

Thank you..:)