By Kevin Williams
This is an Amish365.com favorite that I wanted to share before summer's swan song. The recipe is shared with us by Elizabeth Stoll of the Unity, Maine Amish community. She's a super kind woman and a great Amish cook. Imagine this recipe loaded up with plump, juicy Maine blueberries. Yum! Blueberries and potatoes are staples of the Maine Amish diet and while you find those on Amish menus most other places, Maine is a state known for high quality of both of those products.
Amish Lemon Blueberry Muffins
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Serves: 24 muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 /2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 1/ 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 1 /2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups blueberries
- GLAZE
- 1 1 /2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly greased muffin tins or line tins with cupcake papers.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until thoroughly blended.
- Beat in the eggs, one egg at a time.
- Add lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla until smooth in consistency.
- Beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, alternating dry ingredients with buttermilk, adding about ⅓ each time.
- The mixture should be smooth and creamy.
- Fold in the blueberries and mix until the blueberries are even distributed throughout the batter. Pour the batter into the muffin tins, filling the tins about half full,
- Bake until the muffin tops are golden, 20 – 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool about 5 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest until a smooth consistency is achieved.
- Apply to the muffin tops while still warm.
MARGE
i will definitely try these. Sounds delicious