A great way to start the day is with blueberry muffins baked with oatmeal and orange juice. These muffins are packed with all you need to brighten your day.
The Story
Speaking of a bright day, today is supposed to be sunny and in the mid-80s. It’s hard to believe only six months ago I was shoveling snow, taking down the Christmas tree and making New Year resolutions. Now I am sitting in the kitchen with the windows open, eating blueberry muffins and still working on those resolutions.
Most people start the year with sensible resolutions, like joining a diet or exercise program. My New Year resolution wasn’t to eat less. It was to bake more. I started this blog and created a list of new baking endeavors I wanted to try this year. So far, I have made crackers, egg tarts, angel food cake, something with rhubarb and finally figured out how to make a decent chocolate chip cookie.
However, I still haven’t conquered making croissants, soufflé or potica. I also have yet to make a perfect muffin with the perfect muffin top. I’ve tried numerous times, but my muffins always end up flat on top. I gave it another try with these blueberry orange oatmeal muffins. While I didn’t have any luck with creating puffy muffin tops, these muffins were so tasty I hardly gave the tops a second thought.
The Moral of the Story
Looks aren’t everything, especially with a baked good. It’s how it tastes that counts.
About the Recipe
The recipe for these muffins is from my favorite recipe website, Allrecipes.
The Cast of Characters
Blueberries and an orange make these muffins healthy and tasty.
The Play-by-Play
Stir together oats, orange juice and zest.
Add eggs and oil.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Add the flour mixture to the batter.
Gently stir in the blueberries.
Scoop the batter into paper-lined muffin tins.
In another bowl, mix together ground nuts, sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle the nut topping on the muffins.
Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden.
Recipe: Blueberry Orange Oatmeal Muffins
Summary: A blueberry muffin packed with oatmeal, flavored with orange juice and topped with a brown sugar and nut streusel
Ingredients & Instructions
See the complete recipe for Blueberry Orange Muffins on Allrecipes.
The Footnotes
- Filling the muffin tins: Try filling the muffin tins two-thirds or three-fourths full. I only filled mine half full, and I wonder if that is why my muffin tops didn’t puff.
- Adding more blueberries: Don’t add more blueberries than called for in the recipe. I added an extra handful of blueberries to the batter, and I ended up with blueberries falling out of my muffins.
Baking time (duration): 15 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 12 muffins
Note: I scaled the recipe in half.
Meal type: breakfast
My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★ 1 review(s)
Additional Resources
Here are a few other blueberry muffin recipes I thought looked good too:
- Orange Blueberry Muffins by Baking Bites: In this post, Baking Bites pairs blueberry and orange together too, along with great muffin-making tips. I always find valuable baking tips and advice on Baking Bites.
- Triple Coconut Blueberry Muffins by Muffin Tin Mania: This recipe uses coconut three ways — with flakes, milk and oil! I also love how this blog focuses on finding fun and new ways to cook with muffin tins.
- Cornmeal Blueberry Muffins by Pinch of Yum: These muffins have lemon flavor, brown sugar streusel and powder sugar icing! I also am envious of the beautiful tops on these muffins!
Pretty! Still waiting for blueberry season…and for summer to start around here, but these are going into the keep pile for sure!
Thanks! I’m pretty lucky to have blueberries handy here in the Midwest. However, I am extremely envious of the fresh cherries you are seeing in your area. The cherry clafoutis you recently made looked amazing.