Shari’s Blueberry Orange Muffins

A little while ago we had a muffin-making bonanza.  For our family time together, we decided to invent our own muffin recipes and bake them.

I promised to share those recipes with you.  So – ladies first – we’ll start with Shari’s recipe.  The rest will follow later today.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• Grated zest of 2 oranges
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 80g oatmeal (about .87cups)
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• Optional: 224g blueberries, sugar and cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375F.

Whisk eggs together with granulated sugar.  Whisk in melted butter.  Whisk in milk.

Stir in vanilla extract and cinnamon.  Stir in grated orange zest until mixture is smooth.

In a separate bown, combine flours, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt.  Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients briefly until just incorporated.

Fold in blueberries.

Spoon into prepared muffin cups or loaf pan(s).  Optional: cook another 224g of blueberries, along with a little sugar down to make a jam. Divide the jam among the muffins or loaves and swirl a bit with a toothpick of chopstick.  Sprinkle with a little brown sugar mixed with cinnamon to taste.

Bake at 375F until a toothpick comes away dry or with a few moist crumbs when inserted in the center (typically 15-25 minutes for muffins, longer for loaves).

To create this recipe, Shari used the “Muffinator”.  All who tried these muffins thought they were yummy. 🙂