Yesterday I decided to make some chocolate cupcakes. The only problem was that we were completely out of cupcake liners. For a while I was using these super cool (not) tiger striped cupcake liners. We're talking genuine tiger stripes here. As in bright obnoxious orange with black streaks. I can't really say that I'm sad they're gone. Or that I'm sad to have to replace them with this more homemade (and less obtrusive) version. So today, when I decided to make Lemon Blueberry Muffins, ...
Blueberry muffins
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
I needed a perfectly amazing blueberry muffin. You see, when you hear the words "Blueberry Muffin" there is a very definite idea of what that should be. It should be light and mildly sweet, and plain enough that the blueberries are in the spotlight, but not so plain that they are flavorless. The barely perceptible strain of lemon flavor in these muffins adds that tiny bit of extra flavor, but the blueberries are very much the spotlight. I've made a lot of blueberry muffins ...
Blueberry Muffins
You wouldn't think that developing a blueberry muffin recipe should be hard. But it was. I had to make lots of blueberry muffins. Not that my sisters minded. I have another blueberry muffin recipe, but it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. So consider this an update. A blueberry muffin update. A little bit of cornmeal, I found, makes a difference. And a good thick batter. Otherwise they'll turn out limp and dry. This makes 12 muffins. I doubled the recipe to make 24, so that ...