Cupcake Calendar 1/16/08

Mmmm muffins with fresh fruit! Unfortunately, I'm not too much of a whole blueberry fan, but I can't wait to make the strawberry and blackberry variations.

The cupcake calendar recipes are from 500 Cupcakes by Fergal Conolly

Blueberry Muffins

-1/2 cup superfine sugar

-1 tbsp grated lemon zest (I omitted)

-2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
-1 tbsp baking powder
-2 lightly beaten eggs
-1 cup milk
-1/2 (1 stick) sweet butter melted
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-2 cups fresh or thawed frozen blueberries

-Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place 12 paper baking cups in a muffin pan.
-In a medium bowl, stir the sugar, lemon zest, flour and baking powder with a spoon. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, butter and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the dry ingredients and stir until the blueberries are just combined. Spoon the batter into the cups.
-Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pan from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Serve muffins immediately.
Makes 1 dozen