LEMON RICOTTA BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
Ingredients
· ½ cup granulated
sugar ( not very sweet; Sandy
thinks we should add another ¼ cup for those we take to SS, or
as in another recipe, ¼ cup honey
· Zest of one lemon
· 2 large eggs
· 1cup whole milk
ricotta cheese
· 1/2 cup vegetable
oil
· ¼ cup whole
milk
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
bean paste or vanilla extract
· 3 tablespoons lemon
juice
· 2 cups all purpose flour
· 2 teaspoon baking
powder
· ½ teaspoon kosher
salt
· 1 cup fresh
blueberries
· 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
· 1 tablespoon turbinado
sugar
Instructions
· Preheat your oven to
375℉.
· In a mixing bowl,
combine the granulated sugar with the lemon zest by rubbing it
together with your fingers to infuse the lemon flavor
throughout the sugar.
· To the lemon sugar,
add the eggs until fully combined.
· To the same bowl add
the ricotta cheese, vegetable oil, whole milk, vanilla, and
lemon juice. Mix to combine and until smooth.
· To the bowl add the
flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until just combined.
· Toss your blueberries
in 1 tablespoon flour until evenly coated.
· Gently fold the
floured blueberries into the muffin batter.
· In a lined muffin
tin, scoop batter into the molds until just about at the top
of the mold. Sprinkle turbinado sugar evenly over each and
bake at 375℉
for 20 minutes until golden brown and a tester comes out
clean.
Adapted from https://cozycravings.com/lemon-ricotta-blueberry-muffins/#recipe
We used a 1/3 cup measure to scoop the
batter, which is why we ended up with 10 muffins; next time
use a ¼ cup measure to make sure all 12 are filled and then
come back and top off.
24Aug2024 We adjusted the recipe a bit; added the
extra 1/4-cup sugar; used buttermilk instead of milk. Reduced
baking powder to 1.5 tsp and added 0.5 tsp baking soda.
Increased ricotta by 1/4 cup as well as flour. Used the whole
box of blueberries, which meant 1-1/4 cups or so. The increases
were an attempt to get a doz muffins. Using the 1/4-cup measure
to fill muffin tin worked. Made these to take to Sunday School
the next day.