4.05.2016

Glazed Blueberry Lemon Mini Muffins

Breakfast has never been my favorite meal. I'm not sure why, but come morning I'm just not all that hungry, nor interested in much. So long as I have an entire pot of coffee (to myself) I'm pretty much good to go.

Brunch, however? Yes. Give me all the brunch items.

I'm not sure what it is, but when I think brunch I think little foods. Like, mini donuts, mini muffins, mini everything. Maybe it's because I want to taste test all the things during brunch.

When the prompt for this month's Foodie for a Year was brunch I immediately knew I'd have to whip up something delicious, and in mini form.
Enter Glazed Blueberry Lemon Mini Muffins. These little morsels have just the right amount of lemon-y tart mixed with the juicy sweetness of blueberries. They're oh-so moist, and the glaze is literally the icing that pulls it all together, and eating one is simply impossible. They also pair well with every imaginable brunch food, and coffee. They go really, really well with coffee.

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Glazed Blueberry Lemon Mini Muffins
Tiny bites of blueberry and lemon bliss.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2/3 cup Sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Lemon Zest
  • 1/3 cup Melted Butter
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 3 Tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • GLAZE
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Milk
  • 1 Tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°.Spray mini muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray (repeat this for each batch).In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.Stir in butter, milk, vanilla, and lemon juice until just combined. Fold in blueberries.Spoon approximately 1 Tbsp of batter into prepared muffin tin. Should fill each mini muffin cup about 3/4 full.Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until edges just begin to turn golden brown. Allow to cool in muffin tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to fully cool. While donuts cool, prep glaze. Stir together powdered sugar, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla until smooth.Dip tops of muffins in glaze. Allow glaze to harden before serving.
Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: Approx. 45


These could also be made with in a standard muffin size. Just up the bake time to about 20 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
I also need to be note that this baking adventure was the perfect way to keep Marcus entertained for a solid hour. He was more than happy to be my baking assistant.
Zesting.
Squeezing fresh lemon juice.
He would have zested and juiced a hundred lemons had we had that many. And, for a good week he asked me every single day to zest. I foresee lots of lemon goodies being baked in our house this summer...

Linking up with some lovely ladies for this months Foodie for a Year.

Recipe Inspiration

14 comments:

  1. Those looks AMAZING!!! I think we will be making them ASAP. Yum!

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  2. These look so, so yummy!!! I am a lover of muffins! Thanks for linking up with us!

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  3. YUM!!! These sound amazing! I love blueberry muffins and adding the little bit of lemon and the glaze on top really kicks that up a notch! I'm going to have to make these one of these weekends!

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  4. Yes please!! These look delish!

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  5. Yum! And they look so amazing. That is so cute that Marcus was so excited to zest. :) My kids always want to help me in the kitchen but I'm usually not very good about letting them help me.

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  6. I totally want to try these! They look delicious!!
    Evelina @ Fortunate House

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  7. These look amazing and how cute is Marcus zesting that lemon!! Pinning for later!

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  8. Yum, they look so summery too! And I hear you about brunch ... I want to try everything at brunch and I think it is because I'm finally hungry. I've had to force myself to eat breakfast but it isn't easy.

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  9. Oh these look SOOOO freaking good!

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  10. Somehow Connor learned about juice and that you can make it. We don't usually have juice in the house but he has been begging to make "home juice" so we are going tomorrow to get some oranges and we are making some juice. I put money on him not drinking a single drop ;)

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  11. Put Marcus to work! Haha! You are the muffin queen! I love it! I have container of strawberries from Costco thats begging to be used in your cream cheese muffin recipe :) But lemon anything will always win my over.

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  12. Lemon makes everything yummier. These look so good. I will definitely pin them and give them a try! Thanks for sharing.

    P.S. cute helper too :D!

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  13. lol he asked you to zest =) adorable. These sound great for spring!!

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  14. Blueberry and lemon are two of my favorite things! These sound amazing. Going to have to make these soon.

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