The best recipe for blueberry muffins! This recipe makes the most tender, moist and buttery homemade blueberry muffins ever! They’re bakery style and made with butter, oil and buttermilk to make them so incredibly moist. These blueberry streusel muffins will become your favorite muffins!
Our family has made these blueberry muffins from scratch countless times and they always come out perfect. They are so moist and the streusel topping adds the perfect sweetness to them. They are truly the best blueberry muffins!
I absolutely love these muffins and have had my fair share of them in my lifetime. After trying, testing and alternating several recipes we have come up with a winner. It’s by far my favorite easy blueberry muffin recipe ever.
What makes this recipe so good is the moistness and tenderness. The perfect amount of juicy fresh blueberries and the buttery streusel topping which is the “icing on the cake.” They’re also easy to make using only two mixing bowls and a spatula, no electric mixer required.
Blueberry muffins are perfect for breakfast, brunch, picnics or even an afternoon snack and almost everyone loves them!
Homemade Blueberry Muffins Ingredients
These ingredients combined yield the best muffins. This is a blueberry muffin recipe without milk or yogurt. We use oil, buttermilk and melted butter to keep them incredibly moist.
- All Purpose Flour – We use King Arthur flour for this recipe. It works as a stabilizer to hold the muffins together.
- Granulated Sugar – Sweetens the muffins.
- Baking Powder and Salt – Works to help the muffins rise and the salt brings out the flavor.
- Melted Butter (let it cool) – Butter adds to the flavor and moistness.
- Eggs – Create structure and stability.
- Buttermilk – The acid helps to tenderize the muffins.
- Canola Oil (or Vegetable Oil) – Creates a very moist muffin
- Vanilla Extract – Adds extra flavor.
- Lemon Zest – Tartness and freshness.
- Fresh Blueberries – Creates a juicy pop throughout the muffins.
How to Make Blueberry Muffins
- Measure the Dry Ingredients – flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl and give it a whisk with a fork.
- Combine the Wet Ingredients – In a mixing bowl combined the eggs, sugar, vanilla, melted butter, buttermilk, oil and lemon zest and whisk together.
- Combine Dry and Wet– Add the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix – Gently mix just until the dry ingredients are wet. Lumps are okay when making muffins. You do not want to mix until the batter is smooth.
- Add Blueberries – Gently fold in the blueberries, just until lightly coated in batter.
- Scoop – Line a cupcake tin with paper liners. Scoop 1/4 cup into each cupcake liner.
- Add Streusel – In a small bowl, combine streusel ingredients and then sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons over each cupcake batter.
- Bake – In a preheated 425 degree oven, bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
Tips for Making the Best Blueberry Muffins
- Do not over mix the batter. Simple use a spatula to fold the ingredients. It’s also okay to have a few lumps in the batter.
- Use whole, organic ingredients when possible.
- Do not over bake, take them out when they just reach a nice golden brown.
Blueberry Muffins with Frozen Blueberries
If you only have frozen blueberries on hand, then let them thaw in the refrigerator and then drain the excess water.
Pat them dry and then add to the muffins!
How to Properly Mix Muffin Batter
The more you mix the batter the more gluten develops causing the muffins to have a tough texture, which you don’t want. Follow these steps for mixing the muffins properly.
Using a spatula, add the wet ingredients into the dry and gently fold the ingredients together just until the dry are moistened.
Lumps are perfectly fine and needed. The batter should not be smooth and fully mixed. It should be thicker with lumps.
Add in the blueberries and lightly mix until they are coated with batter.
Muffins should have a soft and tender texture, so no over mixing!
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Lemon and blueberry go very well together. If you’re looking to make lemon blueberry muffins add in 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the batter as well as 1 tablespoon lemon zest. This will give the muffins a delicious lemon flavor.
You can also add some loom zest to the streusel topping too.
Frequently Asked Questions
We do recommend using fresh blueberry muffins for this recipe. However, if you can’t get fresh frozen will work. It will yield a slightly different muffin and the blueberries will more likely melt throughout rather than painting a full juicy berry. The overall flavor should be the same.
For more information, check out this guide to cooking with frozen blueberries from the Blueberry Council.
Muffins can be stored in the freezer for 2 months. Place them in airtight container or sealed bag and write the date on the outside to remember.
Let them thaw completely before serving.
Ingredients like buttermilk, melted butter and oil will all help to make a very moist blueberry muffin. This is why we use all three in this recipe. They even work well together and truly this recipe is amazing and the muffins are very moist.
If you want to add a little extra sweetness to the blueberries, toss them in sugar and a little lemon juice before adding them to the batter. You can also try maple syrup too!
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The Best Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup canola oil, vegetable oil works too
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted then cooled
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Streusel Topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 4 tbsp melted butter
Instructions
- Add the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl and whisk with a fork.
- Combine the wet ingreidnets, eggs, vanilla extract, butter, buttermilk, oil, lemon zest and sugar in a bowl and mix until combined.
- Gently fold in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients using a spatula.
- Mix just until the dry ingredients are moistened, not fully mixed until smooth. The batter should have lumps in it.
- Add in the blueberries and just barley mix until coated in batter.
- Prepare a cupcake tin with paper liners and fill 1/4 cup of batter in each.
- In a small bowl combine the streusel ingreidets and then crumble 1 -2 tbsp over the top of each cupcake.
- Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes until golden brown.
Anna says
I just made these muffins for my kiddos and they smell so good! I love the streusel topping. Yum!
Julia says
That streusel topping takes the muffins to another level. Double yum!!
Natalie says
The streusel takes these to a new level!! Blueberry is my kids favorite muffin!!
Autumn Ramirez says
We absolutely loved this recipe. How long do they last when just left out, not frozen?
Eden says
Thank you! We usually eat them within 3 days! I wouldn’t eat them left out past that.
Felicia says
Does it matter if I use salted or unsalted butter? These look so delicious!
Eden says
unsalted butter is best!
Heather Rose says
These are so incredibly delicious and they freeze really well too! Thank you!
Betsy says
Absolutely delightful! I love the perfect streusel topping. The muffins came out so delicious. Love the fresh blueberries! I’ve made many a muffin with frozen blueberries, and while I love them and don’t mind the blue-ish green hue unrinsed frozen blueberries give, the fresh ones really pop so nicely in these delicious muffins!
Beth says
These look so delicious and yummy! My daughter is going to love this recipe! I’m so excited to make these with her!
Karen Schott says
I make homemade muffins every week and these were incredible! I will definitely add this to my regular rotation!
Toni says
These muffins are so amazing!! I had some visitors tried this and it was a huge hit!
Eden says
So glad you liked them Toni!
Sara Welch says
Gave these a try for breakfast this morning and it was the best way to start my day! Looking forward to enjoying these again tomorrow; delish!
Suzy says
That streusel topping is everything! Goes so well with the blueberries!
Jennifer says
I swear blueberry muffins will just never get old and this recipe may just be the most perfect one I’ve found! They turned out amazingly moist and so full of flavor!