Chef Johns Blueberry Muffins Recipes

This recipe is a great way to enjoy fresh summer fruit, and this technique really lets it play the starring role. I hope you give it a try soon.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Blueberry Dessert Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 222.7 calories, Carbohydrate 41 g, Cholesterol 97.1 mg, Fat 3.8 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 82.6 mg, Sugar 30.6 g

This recipe came to The Times in a 1987 article by Marian Burros, "The Battle of the Blueberry Muffins." Two years prior, Ms. Burros wrote about a recipe for the muffins attributed to the Ritz-Carlton in Boston. The hotel had adapted a recipe used by Gilchrist's, once one of city's best-known department stores. After it ran, a reader wrote in to say that the best blueberry muffins in Boston were not from the Ritz-Carlton, but from the now-closed Jordan Marsh department store. She sent along the recipe, with a description of how she picks wild blueberries: standing in a pond in the August heat and plucking berries from bushes along the bank. This version has a lot more sugar and butter and fewer eggs than the Ritz-Carlton muffins. The recipe also calls for mashing a half cup of berries and adding them to the batter. This produces a very moist muffin, one that will stay fresh longer.

Provided by Marian Burros

Categories     breads, dessert

Time 40m

Yield 12 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 10

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 260, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 42 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 174 milligrams, Sugar 25 grams, TransFat 0 grams