Buttermilk Berry Muffins Recipe

By daiseyduck

Buttermilk Berry Muffins
I used frozen huckleberries here, but you can substitute blueberries, mixed berries, toasted seeds, dried fruit, etc, etc. I make a rose cinnamon sugar* for the topping, but you can do a straight-forward cinnamon sugar if dried rose petals are hard for you to come by.

Ingredients

• Buttermilk Berry Muffins
• 1 1/4 1 1/4 5 1/2 160 5 1/2 oz / 160 g whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 1/4 2 1/4 10 1/2 295 10 1/2 oz / 295 g unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 1/2 3 1/2 100 3 1/2 oz / 100 g firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 3/4 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 2 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 5 1/2 5 1/2 1/2 oz mashed, ripe banana (~2 med.)
• 240 240 240 ml buttermilk
• 3 3 3 large eggs
• 1 1 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 1/2 4 115 / 4 oz / 115 g unsalted butter, barely melted
• 1 1 4.5 125 / 4.5 oz / 125 g berries, plus more for topping
• rose cinnamon sugar*

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400F / 205C, with a rack in the center. Line a muffin tin with papers. I used baking cups here, with those you can skip the tin.

In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

In another bowl combine the banana, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, and butter. Stir until blended and uniform.

Gently stir the berries into the dry ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients over dry, and mix until just combined. For tender muffins, do your best to avoid over-blending.

Makes 8-12 muffins.

*Make rose cinnamon sugar by combining 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon crushed, dried rose petals.