Sour cream blueberry muffins
February 29th, 2008
With UK Mother’s Day coming up, I’m in the mood for muffins…
I suggest “accidentally” leaving a muffin recipe on the counter on Saturday night, and then sleeping in on Sunday morning. Maybe your husband and kids will get the hint!
Emilie wrote about a good banana muffin recipe, and I also have a favourite blueberry muffin recipe that is ALWAYS a hit. These muffins are delicious without being too sweet, and they’re so easy to make (which is a good thing, since we’re talking about men here).
Here is the recipe…
Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins:
- 1/4 cup (55 grams) of butter at room temp.
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups plus 2 tablespoons of sifted flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup of sour cream (or créme fraiche)
- 1-2 cups of blueberries
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 450°F and line a muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Sift flour, soda and salt together, and add to butter mixture alternatively with the sour cream. Gently fold in berries and vanilla.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown. (Makes 12 muffins).
*Even if your Mother’s Day isn’t until May, you should still leave this recipe out over the weekend. In the words of my own mother, “Every day should be Mother’s Day”!
-Courtney
(Recipe is from the Alice Bay Cookbook).
11 Comments Add your own
1. Esther | February 29th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Owww, these muffins are the best! They’re famous amongst Courtney’s friends!!!
And they’re healthy too: blue berries, sour cream…
2. Molly | February 29th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Oh I am so glad you posted about muffins. I am hosting book club at my house this month and wanted to have a variety of muffins set out for our brunch. Love that they are easy!
3. Kim | February 29th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
These muffins are heavenly!!!! And sooooo easy to make! Still greatfull to Courtney for giving it to me. You can impress anybody with them by making them 20 minutes before guests arrive! They are fantastically delicious!
4. Carolyn | March 3rd, 2008 at 3:10 am
I made these muffins this past sunday, they were a hit with my husband and my 8 month old seemed to like them as well. I added baking powder to them, not sure if I was supposed to do that or not but the recipe did not call for it and I am not used to making muffins without it. Do they rise all right without baking powder? Anyway, they were delicious. Also, I love this site. I so want to live in London, or Amsterdam, or Paris or Milan:) I am also planning on trying the skinny pancakes very soon!
5. Courtney | March 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 am
Oh my gosh. I forgot to include the BAKING SODA!!! How awful!
Carolyn, you’re absolutely right- they will not rise without the baking soda (or baking powder). This recipe calls for 1/2 tsp. baking soda!!!!
Sooo sorry for the mix-up!
xx
6. Esther | March 4th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
450F is about 230 Celcius, just so you know
7. Miya Teraki | September 1st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I just made these this morning. I added a small dash of crushed walnuts to it. They were soooo good!
8. sally lewis | January 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
hello
are the cups american or english in this recipe?
thank you
9. Courtney | January 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hi Sally,
Sorry for the confusion. The measurements are all American, so yes ‘American’ cups!
xx
10. Keri | February 26th, 2009 at 3:44 am
“Oh Mom! Can you PLUH-EAAZE make these alot? They are SOOOO AWESOME!”
11. Sudha | July 3rd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Hey, I was looking for a blueberry muffin recipe and stumbled upon your page. It also looks like the site “makingcake.co.uk” stole your pic for their blueberry muffin recipe. Just felt like sharing it with you.
I am going to try your recipe!!
Sudha
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