Have you ever had one of those days where you’re driving along, battling traffic, trying to let Kelly Clarkson lull you away from outright rage… and it’s totally not working… and you’re about 4.7 seconds away from deliberately smashing your car into the Porsche in front of you? You’ve probably never had one of those days. You’re a better human than me.
If you are familiar with these sorts of days, the solution would look something like this: abruptly pull your car over into a shopping mall, buy yourself a cheap maxi dress, change into new dress in the car, walk to a drugstore, paint your nails in the cosmetic section, purchase a package of Peanut Butter M&Ms and a purple juice for a homeless dude, walk back to your car, put on fresh lipstick, and carry on.
Can this be the only traffic jam I encounter for a bit? A cluster of lemon, poppy seeds, and blueberries… less Porsche, more butter.
These muffins are full of everything I ever want (except meatballs and chocolate).
Browned butter, citrus, summer fruit, and sugar! I have love in my heart.
I also try to put a crumble topping on just about everything (except cheeseburgers).
These muffins feel like weekend brunch wonders! They’re a perfect mixture of Blueberry Muffins, and Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins. Smash bang! I also love to make these during the weekend, and freeze any leftover muffins for weekday morning treats.
Lemon Blueberry Poppy Seed Muffins
makes 12 muffins
adapted from the Joy the Baker Cookbook
7 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup whole milk
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
For the Topping:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a muffins pan with paper or foil liners, set aside.
To make the muffins: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Keep an eye on the butter. It will melt, froth, and begin to crackle. That’s the water cooking out of the butter. The crackling will subside and butter will begin to brown fairly quickly. Remove from heat when butter solids become a medium brown color and butter smells slightly nutty. Immediately pour hot butter into a small bowl, or the butter will continue to cook in the hot pan. Allow to cool slightly.
In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add browned butter and whisk to combine.
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add milk mixture all at once to the flour mixture and stir gently to combine. Gently but thoroughly fold in the lemon zest, poppy seeds, and blueberries. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups.
To make the topping: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and rub together with clean fingertips until crumbly. Sprinkle topping evenly over the muffin batter in cups.
Bake muffins 18 to 20 minutes until golden and crisp and a skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool muffins in the pan for 15 minutes before removing. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Muffins will last, at room temperature in an airtight container, for up to 3 days. I like them best the day they are made.
Jessica Collins
hi Joy, I just made these and my batter was really tight and dry, not very fluid like yours at all. flavour is awesome but they’re a little dense. have you made them before with more liquid?
Julia
This is my favorite muffin recipe! I’ve made them with blueberries and blackberries. They were utterly lovely both times. Thank you for the recipe!
raqueldemeneses
Hey Joy,
is it ok to add lemmon juice to it or would it react with the milk com compromise the batter?
I added 1 tbs and a half to the wet ingredients, but my batter took twice the amount of time to bake and a lot of the butter passed through the paper liners. Was it the lemmon juice fault? Thanks so much for you time and wonderful recipes.
Matthew Terry
I have made these twice. Figuring they would be a quick and cheerful way to liven up a weekend breakfast. They are SUPERB!
I have an unnatural love for the blueberry muffins from Bouchon, but their (laborious) recipe is a commitment. Like, a two day commitment.
Try the Bouchon crumble topping though… You can make a batch and keep it in the freezer. It makes enough crumble for 5 batches at least, simplifying the baking and cleanup.