These really are the Best Blueberry Streusel Muffins! They’re big, beautiful, and tender muffins, loaded with blueberries and crowned with a sweet crunchy streusel topping.
Do you have a recipe you consider the best? My good friend Becky, Vintage Mixer, posted several of her best recipes lately, and I couldn’t resist baking “the best blueberry muffins that you’ll ever sink your teeth into.”
This recipe was given to her by the chef at Communal, and it is a big, beautiful muffin that rises over the top of the muffins cups. It’s loaded with 2 cups of blueberries, which don’t sink to the bottom of the muffin because of the thick, coffee-cake-like batter.
Our family loves a streusel topping on muffins so I added an easy to make sweet/sandy streusel topping. Muffins without a streusel topping are kind of like cupcakes without frosting. Delicious without it, but irresistible with it.
Making The Best Blueberry Streusel Muffins
I use a scoop to perfectly portion out the muffins, and I love using If You Care Baking Cups. They’re the best muffin / cupcake papers. The muffin pulls away so easily from the paper – no wasted muffin. You can also bake them without the muffin papers, but clean up is so much easier if you use papers.
Making the streusel topping with oil gives it a great sandy texture, but if you prefer, you can substitute butter for the oil.
Baking Tip:
When baking something that comes together as quickly as muffins, it’s especially important to have all your ingredients gathered together and ready to go (mis en place). If you have everything assembled, from scratch muffins don’t take much more time than muffins from a box.
This recipe uses ½ cup (1 stick) of room temperature butter. To quickly warm up your butter, cut it into slices and let it sit in the bowl while you assemble all your ingredients.
I like to make the streusel topping first so that it’s ready to sprinkle on and I don’t get lazy and leave it off.
Update: These really are the best muffins! It’s become one of my most popular recipes. If you haven’t made them yet, definitely give them a try.
If you have a recipe you consider THE BEST, I’d love to hear about it!
Best Blueberry Streusel Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole milk
- 2 cups blueberries fresh or frozen
Streusel Topping
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray or vegetable oil, or line with paper muffin liners.
- Prepare streusel topping and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and milk. Add flour mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in blueberries.
- Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle muffins with streusel topping.
- Bake at 350º for 20 to 25 min, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. When muffins are done, cool for a few minutes in the muffin pan before removing to cool on a wire rack.
- Streusel ToppingIn a small bowl, whisk together sugar and flour. Add oil and mix until mixture has a sandy texture.
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Other best muffin recipes:
How to Make the Best Muffins/One-Bowl Oatmeal Muffins, Simple Bites
Whole Wheat Apple Muffins, Smitten Kitchen
Banana Bread Muffins, Barbara Bakes
Chunky Monkey Banana Muffins, Barbara Bakes
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Mihae
I’ve made plenty of blueberry muffin in my decades on this planet but this by far is the absolute best muffin I have ever made! It is spot on, in terms of volume (overflowing 12 muffins exactly), fluffiness, moist-ness (not a word), blueberry distribution, and sweetness, Wouldn’t change a single thing.. even using oil instead of butter for streusel. I absolutely love this recipe so much! Thank you for gifting this to us!
Barbara Schieving
You described these muffins beautifully Mihae. Thanks so much!
Sheila
barbara what are the preventive measures that you have to considered when baking this one?i just want to make this and don’t know if what are the prevented measures are,and also for the safety when making it ❤️❤️
Barbara Schieving
Hi Sheila – the recipe is an easy, forgiving recipe. Use a standard muffin tin. Have your ingredients assembled and your butter softened. Preheat your oven. Take the time to beat the butter and sugar until it’s fluffy for the lightest muffins. Don’t open the oven while they’re baking until they’re nearly done. Be sure and use hot pads to remove the pan from the oven.
Jean
thank youfor sharing your recipe .i want to make it ❤️❤️
dick
Hello barbara can i ask if what are the tools needed when baking this one?
Barbara Schieving
You’ll need a standard muffin tin, mixing bowls, stand or hand mixer, and optional muffin liners,
Dick
Okay thank you so much barbara ❤️❤️
Paul Desrosiers
Barbara, I made these muffins yesterday; they were very tasty.
As a newbie to muffin making, I have a question that you might be able to answer. Have you tried making muffins with vegetable oil or a butter/oil combo. and what were the results? I read that muffins made with veg. oil come out moister and more tender.
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Paul – glad you enjoyed the muffins! These muffins come out moist and tender because you cream the butter and sugar together which incorporates air into the batter and lightens the muffins. If you substitute oil you generally wouldn’t cream together the oil with the sugar, so the muffins would have a different consistency and you’d also miss the buttery flavor. I do have this flavorful recipe https://www.barbarabakes.com/very-berry-orange-oat-muffins/ that uses oil and sour cream and one with applesauce and oil https://www.barbarabakes.com/applesauce-cinnamon-oat-muffins/
Rob
Can you substitute almond milk? If so, do you need to adjust the amount of milk used?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Rob – I haven’t tried making it with almond milk, but it should work well using the same amount. Enjoy!
Jee
I loved how easy and quick this recipe is. Made a batch and could eat it too while my newborn napped. Saved it for future ❤️
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Jee! Have fun with your sweet little newborn.
Tina
Can I use 2% milk instead of whole milk?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Tina – yes 2% will work fine, I often use 1% if I don’t have anything else in the fridge.
Traci
Hello, I only have medium size eggs, should I still only use 2?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Traci – it’s a pretty forgiving recipe, two medium eggs should be fine.
Jacqueline Thomas
Can you leave these out without covering if they have the muffin paper around them
Barbara Schieving
Hi Jacqueline – You can leave them out for several hours but they will dry out if left uncovered too long.
Amber Detweiler
Can I add lemon zest and juice to make it like the coffee cake recipe you have
Barbara Schieving
Hi Amber – yes, I sometimes do that too. Enjoy!
Chelsea
Hi, I was wondering if I can make this as mini muffins? If so, should I change the temp and cooking time? Thanks so much! I can’t wait to try this recipe
Barbara Schieving
Hi Chelsea – they make great mini muffins. Use the time in this recipe https://www.barbarabakes.com/apple-pecan-banana-mini-muffins/ Here are some other ideas for mini muffins too. https://www.barbarabakes.com/brunch-ideas-for-the-holidays/
Toni Simmons
My family loved these and my daughter ordered me to keep the recipe!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Toni! That’s so fun 🙂
Pea
Could I make as a loaf?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Pea – yes, here’s a loaf version of it for the times https://www.barbarabakes.com/lemon-blueberry-quick-bread/
Jocelyn F.
This is my absolute favorite blueberry muffin recipe! It has been my go-to…as recently as yesterday I baked them and used a muffin as the “birthday muffin” (instead of birthday cake) for my husband’s birthday brunch at home. I have a question…any recommendations on how best to store them? I guess I worry about them spoiling because of the fresh blueberries. Thank you!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Jocelyn! I love the idea of having them as a birthday muffin instead of cake. They’ll store well in a Ziploc bag on the counter for about 24 hours – the top starts to get soft. They freeze really well though, so if I know we won’t be eating them by the next day, I’ll freeze them. They thaw really quickly on the counter.
Maggie
These really are the BEST blueberry muffins! Added to my recipe box already, so these will be my go-to for life. Thank you!
I have made a few tweaks to my liking:
1) I reduced the sugar from 1 Cup to 3/4 Cup and find them still plenty sweet.
2) I changed the topping to a classic streusel which I prefer: 3 Tbsp Sugar + 3 Tbsp Flour + 1 1/2 – 2 Tbsp of Butter. Crumble and freeze in tiny balls 30 mins prior to baking.
3) I use frozen berries which I take out of the freezer just in time to mix in last and put in the oven. Thawing will yield purple muffins. Baking time increases from 20-25 mins to 30-35 mins.
BEST EVER!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Maggie – glad the muffins were a BIG hit. Thanks for sharing your tweaks.
MandaK
Seriously Maggie, thank you for posting this! I made the recipe with these changes and lit was delicious. I think I should have mashed my blueberries vs trying to leave them whole.
I need to save your streusel topping. It was sooo easy, I’ve never thought about throwing it in the freezer!
Erica
Do you use salted or unsalted butter? Can’t wait to give these a try!
erica
oops, I see it’s unsalted now:)
Barbara Schieving
Hi Erica – I typically bake with unsalted butter, but if I’m out of it, I’ll often substitute salted butter and just reduce the salt slightly. Enjoy!
Nicole Warren
We absolutely love this recipe and we’ve used it for years, but every time we make them, although delicious, they come out quite flat – is there anything we can do to pump up the height?
Barbara Schieving
Hi Nicole – glad you enjoy the muffins. You could try increasing the baking powder – try adding an additional 1/4 teaspoon. You could also try raising the oven temperature by 25 degrees to see if they’ll rise faster and set more doomed.
Madison
Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe! It has easily become my favorite recipe for muffins. I bring these muffins into my coworkers all the time and they all say they feel like they were professionally made in a bakery! I love the blueberry recipe but want to try mixing it up by using raspberries instead, any suggestions on adjustments to the recipe or cook time? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Barbara Schieving
Hi Madison – It sounds like a delicious substitution. I don’t think you’ll need to make any changes.
Christina
Simple and delicious! Always a hit when I make them for events.
Barbara Schieving
Awesome – thanks Christina!