These Sourdough Blueberry Muffins are made with a whole cup of sourdough discard for an ultra tender crumb. The muffins are full of juicy berries and topped with lemon butter and sugar.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Bake Time15 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Servings:18Standard Muffins
Ingredients
14ozall purpose flour(2 3/4 cups, see note)
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoontable salt
10ozgranulated sugar(1 1/4 cups, divided)
2large eggs
8ozsourdough discard(1 cup, unfed)
5ozvegetable oil(2/3 cup)
4ozwhole milk(1/2 cup)
2lemons
10ozblueberries(2 cups, fresh or frozen)
4ozunsalted butter(melted)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter and flour 18 standard-size muffin cups or line with paper liners. Alternately, the recipe will make 9 jumbo muffins.
Place the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 3/4 cup (6oz) of the sugar in a large mixing bowl. Whisk the dry ingredients to combine.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sourdough discard, oil, milk and the finely grated zest and the juice from 1 of the lemons.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir until the flour is barely incorporated, then gently fold in the blueberries. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pans, filling each muffin cup 2/3 full.
Bake until the center of a muffin springs back when lightly pressed or a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 15-20 minutes.
While the muffins are baking, melt the butter along with the zest and juice from the other lemon in a small bowl. Place the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar in another small bowl.
Cool the muffins for 5-10 minutes. They should be slightly warm but not too hot to handle. Lift each muffin out of the pan and dip the top of the muffin into the lemon-butter and then into the sugar. Allow the sugar to set for a few minutes before serving.
Notes
If measuring the flour by volume use the “dip & sweep” method. That is, dip the measuring cup into the flour bin, overfill it, then sweep away the excess.