The Best Light Blueberry Muffins

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
• 2 cups blueberries

Recipe

• 1 adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375º f.
• 2 spray 12 cup muffin tray with oil spray.
• 3 whisk 2 cups all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 1/4 cup of the sugar together in a medium bowl. set aside.
• 4 beat an additional 3/4 cup sugar and and butter with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy (3-5 minutes). scrape batter down sides with a spatula as needed.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 beat in lemon juice and zest, and vanilla until incorporated.
• 7 reduce mixer speed to low and beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture until just incorporated, followed by 1/3 of the yogurt, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed.
• 8 repeat this process 2 more times alternating between the remaining flour mixture and the yogurt until the ingredients are just incorporated. do not over mix.
• 9 rinse blueberries in a metal strainer until water comes out clear; dry on a paper towel. (this step prevents blueberries from bleeding into dough mixture and turning a gray color).
• 10 toss the blueberries with the remaining tablespoon of all-purpose flour.
• 11 gently fold blueberries into the batter with a rubber spatula.
• 12 using a large ice cream scoop divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups and sprinkle the tops with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• 13 bake 25-30 minutes until golden brown and toothpick comes out of center clean.
• 14 cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then flip them out onto a wire rack and cool for 10 more minutes.