My girl cousins and I get together once a month for a girls-only breakfast (so fun, right?!). We have the best time just talking about what’s going on in all of our lives, it’s so nice for us to have that all-important “girl bonding” on a regular basis (especially with how busy we all are with our jobs, kids, husbands, etc)! We all bring some breakfast food to share, so it’s also fun to cook for each other. Last month I committed to making muffins, and decided a couple nights before that I’d actually make some from scratch instead of a box like usual . Searched recipezaar for muffins, and these were the second highest-rated muffins on the whole site, with 130 ratings & almost all 5 stars (the highest rated were some banana muffins (with 232 reviews & almost all 5 stars), but one my sister-in-law was making banana bread so I decided to try those another time). Made them for the breakfast, and they were a huge hit! One thing I really like about this recipe is that it’s all ingredients that I always have on hand, which is always nice. So, here’s the recipe for you:

The Best Blueberry Muffins: (#50719 on recipezaar)

• 1/2 c. butter or margarine (at room temperature)
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 large eggs*
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 c. flour
• 1/2 c. milk
• 2 1/2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries

• Topping:*
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg

1. Preheat oven to 375°
2. Grease 18 regular-sized (or 12 large size) muffin cups.
3. In mixing bowl, mix butter until creamy. Add sugar & beat until pale & fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
5. Beat in baking powder, salt & vanilla.
6. With large spoon in half of flour, then half of milk into batter; repeat.
7. Fold in blueberries (try to be soft so you don’t break the blueberries).
8. Spoon into muffin cups.
9. Sprinkle topping onto each muffin.
10. Bake 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown & springy to touch.

Recommendations:

• Eggs: I tried this once with that egg substitute stuff (my husband was craving them & the only ingredient I didn’t have were eggs so I used that stuff instead)…and they turned out ok….not great, definitely not as good as with real eggs, but I’d say that if you didn’t have eggs, or if you prefer the substitute cause it’s lower fat then use it instead.
• Topping: I haven’t made the muffins yet with the topping…I forgot to do it the first time I made them, and they tasted GREAT without it, so I decided to pretend to be a little bit healthy & just not use the extra sugar!

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