Showing posts with label Aleta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aleta. Show all posts

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Blueberry Muffin Round Robin

So I was the lucky girl who got to participate in Aleta's Blueberry Muffin Round Robin. This is how it worked. Whoever wanted to participated in taste testing signed up and whoever wanted to submit their blueberry muffin recipe as the BEST RECIPE EVER could do so. I was assigned Recipe A and Recipe C to make and test. It's a hard life I lead.



First up, Recipe A (These recipes are halved. To make a full dozen, double it).



Batter:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup oil
1/2 egg (2 tbsp-I beat the egg then measured it out)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup fresh blueberries


Topping:
1/4 cup dark brown sugar packed
1 1/2 tbsp melted butter
2 tbsp finely chopped pecans


Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Combine flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and pecans in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla in a small bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; stir just until combined. Gently fold in blueberries. Allow batter for 15 minutes before dividing evenly among paper-lined muffin cups.
  4. Combine melted butter and brown sugar in a small bowl. Spoon 2 tsp over each muffin, then sprinkle with 1 tsp of finely chopped pecans.
  5. Bake muffins at 375 for approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for at least 15 minutes before serving.


Now up, Recipe C.



Batter:
1 cup flour
1/4 cup & 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup & 2 tbsp milk
1/2 egg (about 2 tbsp-I beat the egg and then measured it out)
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 tbsp lemon zest


Topping:
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp & 2 tsp flour
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tbsp butter, softened


Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Make the batter by combining the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, butter, milk and egg. Blend with an electric mixer. Gently fold in the blueberries and lemon zest. Set aside.
  3. For the topping combine the first four ingredients. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
  4. Grease muffin tins. Spoon batter into tins (fill 2/3 full), then top with streusel mixture. Bake on middle rack approximately 20-25 minutes.

So I taste-tested, I took both to my pals Jen and Kelly and they taste-tested and I had hubby taste them. BY FAR the winner was. . .

RECIPE A!!

SERIOUSLY GOOD. I'm not even kidding people. You need to make this. Both of the recipes were actually good. Hubby preferred Recipe C, but the rest of us were all about A. I think it was the brown sugar that put Recipe A over the top. I will be making these again and again and again.