As the “Hannah Swenen Mysteries” continue on Hallmark Mysteries, the next installment “Reality Bites” brought some new treats to the bakery! There was a heavy blueberry theme in this one. The movie opened with Hannah making a blueberry pie, we also saw a blueberry cheesecake, and then there were Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins that no one can resist! Well, Victor Webster’s character “Chad” does resist all of the treats, because he doesn’t have a sweet tooth. However, I think over time, she’ll change that!
Ingredients:
FOR CRUMBLE:
-1/2 cup flour
-1/2 cup brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-lemon zest
-1/4 cup melted butter
-dried blueberries
FOR MUFFINS:
-2/3 cups buttermilk
-1/3 cup melted butter
-One egg
-Juice of one lemon
-Lemon zest
-1 1/2 cups flour
-1/4 cup sugar
-2 teaspoons baking powder
-Pinch of sea salt flakes
-2/3 cups frozen and thawed blueberries
Directions:
Start with the crumble because it needs time to set up in the fridge while you assemble the muffin ingredients.
In a small bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, melted butter and dried blueberries. Mix together and place in refrigerator.
For the muffins, in a large bowl, whisk together buttermilk, lemon juice, melted butter, lemon zest and egg.
Next, add flour, sugar, baking powder and sea salt flakes.
Before adding the blueberries, make sure they are thawed out and the juice is drained from them. Then gently fold them into the muffin batter. Do not over mix!
Scoop one scoopful of batter into prepared muffin tin. Take crumble out of the fridge and use a fork to crumble it up. Sprinkle on top of each muffin before baking.
Top off with a few more dried blueberries and lemon zest. Then bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Enjoy!