The Best Ever Homemade Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins

The Best Ever Ever Homemade Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins! If you prefer a rustic blueberry muffin recipe with a “from the bakery flavor and moist texture verses from the package quick muffins you have come to the right place. You won’t believe how good these are! …

The Best Ever Homemade Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins

What You Will Love About These Homemade Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffin Recipe Ingredient Snapshot

Occasions To Serve Moist Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins

The Best Ever Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins: Questions Answered

Why are These Like Old Fashioned “bakery Style Blueberry Muffins?

A little different from the most popular packaged blueberry muffin mix and basic recipes, these muffins have a richer more dense texture but still light and fluffy. It is all about the flour and the leavening agents | flour type the recipe calls for.

Note the texture in the photo below.

Fresh or Frozen Blueberries? The Best for Baking Muffins!

You can use either fresh or frozen blueberries in your blueberry muffins. The key is to rinse them before you use them in cold water and let them drain for at least 30 minutes.

Tip! Freeze fresh blueberries when they are in season for year round use. Check out this post for freezing fresh fruits.

How To Keep the Blueberries from Sinking In Muffins Or cakes?

Toss the berries in a tablespoon of flour from your recipe. Place them right into a properly heated oven immediately after filling the cups.

Some people prefer they blueberries at the bottom. If you are one of them, bounce the batter on the counter before placing in the oven. Just be aware it will cause a more dense result.

How to Make Muffins Light and Fluffy

Leavening is very important when it comes to making muffins and in baking in general. I have 100% accidently used all purpose flour when the recipe calls for self rising flour.

The leavening agents in baking are either or both baking soda and baking powder. This generates the rise. Also note, if you use too little they won’t rise and if you use too much they will rise and collapse. ALWAYS FOLLOW EXACT INGREDIENTS WHEN IT COMES TO BAKING.

The Secret to Moist Muffins

• Mix the dry ingredients separate from the wet ingredients. This prevents the mix from being overworked.
• Avoid over stirring
• Line the pan or muffin wells
• Don’t overfill the muffin wells. An ice cream scoop works great for an even fill.
• Add a flavourful sprinkle. …
• Fill up the pan.

Other Fruits and Berries to Use instead of Blueberries in Muffins

• Blackberries
• Marionberries
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Diced Apples (Coat in cinnamon and sugar first.)

More Favorite Blueberry Recipes

• How to Freeze Berries
• Easy French Blueberry Fig Tart
• Blueberry Hand Pies
• Oh My Gosh Lemon Blueberry Shortbread Icebox Pie

The Best Ever Homemade Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins Recipe

This recipe makes 12 standard muffins | 6 large blueberry muffins | 24 mini muffins

Muffin Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups self rising flour

QUICK TIP: No self rising flour? For every one level cup of of all – purpose flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Whisk to combine.

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole buttermilk (whole = deep rich flavor/low fat = flat but still good flavor)

QUICK TIP: Don’t love a dense muffin? Use whole milk insead. 😉

• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons real vanilla extract (This is my favorite!)
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, washed and air dried
• 1/2 cup sanding sugar

PS I love sanding sugar!!! Keep this in your pantry for baking projects like my Grapefruit and Cardamom Glazed Scones, Strawberry Scones, or my Little Fried Sugar Pies. It makes pretty food look even fancier!

The Best Ever Homemade Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins Instructions

Preheat oven to 400° F. Give each parchment paper muffin cup a spritz with flour based cooking spray.

Whisk the self-rising flour, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl until well combined.

Next, add the eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.

Pour the buttermilk rustic blueberry muffin mixture over the dry ingredients slowly. Gently stir the ingredients until just mixed.

REPEATING MYSELF! GENTLY STIR the mixture until just combined! This should take no more than 20 big folding strokes with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. A few lumps are okay. Over working the batter makes a mess of the texture. 😉 🧑‍🍳

Fold in the blueberries gently and slowly with a rubber spatula.

Using a large ice cream scoop, scoop out big dollops of Buttermilk Blueberry Muffin batter into each of the prepared cupcake wells.

Generously sprinkle these buttermilk muffins with sparkling sanding sugar.

Place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 25 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.

Keep and eye on these rustic blueberry muffin beauties! You know your oven best.

Remove these moist blueberry muffins from the oven and cool on a cookie rack.

How To Serve Rustic Blueberry Muffins

Serve warm or at room temperature. To enjoy the following day, loosely cover the muffins in a container with a lid or cover in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

MOIST BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RECIPE NOTES

1. This recipe makes 12 standard muffins, 6 large muffins, or 12 mini muffins.
2. No Self Rising Flour? No Problem!

TURN AP FLOUR INTO SELF-RISING FLOUR

• 1 cup all-purpose flour  
• 1½ teaspoons  baking powder   
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Whisk all ingredients to combine.

3. Store these Rustic Blueberry Muffins in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
4. When the muffins get a tiny bit stale, slice in half, toast, add a dab of butter. YUM! 
5. Muffin Cup Tips:

• Use parchment cupcake baking cups for baking cupcakes and muffins. When they are completely cooled, Place each cupcake/muffin into a pretty decorated muffin baking cup to freshen it up. 
• Add just enough rice to cover the bottom of the muffin pan before adding cupcake wrapper to avoid greasy cups. 

More Charming Recipes to Try

• Homemade Blueberry Picnic Pies
• Easy French Blueberry Fig Tart
• Cornbread & Honey Butter Board
• Mini Maple Syrup Buttermilk Cakes
• The Best Cherry Cobbler In The Universe Raspberries! Blueberries! Peaches! Marionberries! Strawberries! Blackberries! “Add Your Fave Fruit!”

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Originally Published June 2020 | Updated May 2024