Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Lemon Blueberry Muffins made with yogurt and a sweet streusel topping are light, fluffy, and delicious. The Greek yogurt makes these tasty pastries moist and so flavorful. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, and snacks.

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❤️ Why this recipe works

•  No need to be an expert baker to make these yummy lemon blueberry muffins.
• This is a quick recipe and travels well to brunches, parties, and pot lucks.
• You can use this recipe and vary your fruit in the muffin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries work.
• The muffins freeze well. Make a double batch for later. 
• These delicious homemade muffins are super easy from-scratch recipes. The Greek yogurt adds a nice tang to balance the berries and lemon flavors. The streusel topping is a sweet crunchy delight that brings everything together for a great muffin.
• Lemon blueberry muffins are perfect for breakfast, brunch, and snacks. We love these on the brunch table for Holidays like Easter and Mother's Day.

🔪 Ingredients

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🍲 Equipment

• 12-count muffin tin
• Cookie Scoops, various sizes
• Liquid Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons and Cups
• Zester

⭐ How to store, reheat and freeze

• If kept at room temperature, the muffins will keep at room temperature for2 days.
• If you store them in the fridge, about 6-7 days. 
• These muffins freeze really well. Place the muffins on a large baking sheet in the fridge for about 30 minutes.  The muffins can be individually wrapped or placed in a large freezer bag.

💭 Expert Tips

Expert Tip: Please do not skip coating the berries in flour, step 5 below. This will keep the blueberries from exploding into the muffin batter. 

• Use fresh or frozen blueberries in the muffins. Fresh is my first choice but it is okay to use frozen berries.
• Tossing the blueberries in flour will help them not to drop to the bottom of the muffin.
• Room temperature ingredients work best for easy blending of ingredients.
• Vanilla Greek yogurt is my first choice. If using plain Greek yogurt, add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• Check to see if the muffins are baked through by using a toothpick in the center of the pastry. The toothpick should come out clean.
• Let the muffins cook before removing from the muffin tins.
• ¼ cup cookie scoop works well with placing the muffin mix in the liners. 

📋 Frequently Asked Questions

📖 Variations

Do you want to change up this recipe? Here are some ways that you increase the flavor of this dish.

 For those of you who visit here regularly, I do not recommend too many variations when it comes to baking.

I would not vary the ingredients except for the yogurt. The recipe uses Vanilla Greek Yogurt but you can use plain Greek Yogurt and add ½ teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.

Frozen blueberries can be used for the recipe.

Other fruit to try instead of blueberries would be raspberries, blackberries, or strawberries.

🥗 Serving Suggestions

Lemon Blueberry muffins are great on their own. However, take a look at my collections of Breakfast and Brunch recipes, there are so many ideas from my popular Brown Bread recipe, chocolate pancakes, to specialty coffee like Caramel Macchiato.

🍽 Similar recipes

Our cranberry orange muffins are so delicious and another great homemade muffin recipe.

For all the pumpkin fans, our Pumpkin Muffins are always a hit. 

Lemon Raspberry Muffins are another tasty choice to make and enjoy.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the recipe. The full instructions are below in the recipe card.

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line or grease 12 standard muffin tins.

1. In a large bowl, mix together the 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and lemon zest.
2. In a medium bowl, Add the granulated sugar and egg.
3. Whisk the sugar and egg till combined.
4. Add the yogurt, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and lemon juice.

5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Fold to combine.

6. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining flour with the blueberries.

7. Gently fold the blueberries into the muffin mix. ( The batter will be thick)

8. Fill each muffin tin, ⅔ full. Top with the streusel topping. 

Streussel Topping: In a medium-sized bowl, all of the ingredients together. Smush them together with a fork or your fingers until the butter is incorporated and the mixture resembles wet sand.

Top each of the muffins with 2 teaspoons of topping.

Once the muffins are baked, let them cool on a wire rack. Then, dig in and enjoy.

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Lemon Blueberry Muffins

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Homemade Lemon Blueberry Streusel Muffins, light and fluffy with a delicious streusel. Perfect for breakfast, snacking, Holiday Brunches.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

cooling time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings: 12 muffins

Course: Breakfast/Snack, Brunch, Dessert, Mother's Day, New Year's Brunch

Cuisine: American

Calories: 252

Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Equipment

• As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
• 12-count muffin tin
• Ice Cream/Cookie Scoops, various sizes
• Liquid Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons and Cups
• Zester

Ingredients

  

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Muffin Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups all purpose flour ( + 1 Tablespoon) Note 1 2 cups + 1 Tablespoon total flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon lemon zest
• ▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt Note 2
• ▢ ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ ½ cup buttermilk Note 3
• ▢ 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• ▢ 1 cup fresh blueberries Note 4

Streusel Topping

• ▢ ¼ cup light brown sugar
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces Note 5

Instructions

 

How to make the muffins

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line or grease 12 standard muffin tins.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and lemon zest.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar and egg. Next, add the Greek yogurt, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and lemon juice.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold until almost fully combined.
5. In a small bowl, combine the blueberries and remaining tablespoon of flour. Gently fold the blueberries into the batter. It will be thick-- don’t worry, it’s supposed to be!
6. Fill each of the muffins until they are ⅔ full. I use a ¼ cup cookie scoop to ensure that they’re all the same size. Set aside while you make the topping.

How to make streusel topping

1. In a medium-sized bowl, combine the light brown sugar, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, and cinnamon. Mix ingredients together.
2. Add in the small pieces of butter.
3. Smush ingredients together with a fork or your fingers until the butter is incorporated. The mixture resembles wet sand. Top each of the muffins with 2 teaspoons of topping.
4. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
5. Remove the muffins from the oven and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in the microwave or bring to room temperature before serving

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 37mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 105IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 1mg

Notes

Note 1: The total all-purpose flour is 2 cups + 1 Tablespoon flour. The 1 Tablespoon of flour will be mixed with the blueberries.

Note 2: If using plain Greek yogurt, add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract to the muffin mix. 

Note 3: If you do not have buttermilk, substitute with ½ cup milk and add in ½ teaspoon lemon juice. Let the mixture sit for about 5 minutes before using.  I have used regular milk however, the buttermilk is my personal favorite. It makes the muffins extra soft.  Also note, the lemon juice used to make the buttermilk is not included in the above ingredients for the 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. 

Note 4: Frozen blueberries can be used.  The frozen blueberries must be coated in the Tablespoon of flour to prevent them from exploding as they bake.

Note 5: I prefer to use unsalted butter, however, salted butter can be substituted. 

I'm not a registered dietician, I do my best to provide the most accurate nutritional values. Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation. Actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes

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