I like Spring season a lot, it’s warm and breezy at the same time. I was thinking what to bake today and I felt like making muffins. I checked what fruit I had and I saw some awesome blueberries to use.

Who loves blueberries? I know I do! I like to eat them fresh with Greek yogurt or in a smoothie. But, I also love baking with them. Not that I am a doctor or a nutritionist, but I read that blueberries have lots of good stuff for you such as: low in fat, packed with vitamin c, full of fiber, good for brain health, etc. Also, because dementia is very common in the elderly of my family, I try to eat blueberries almost every day,

This is a super easy recipe that you can make anytime you feel you want to have a muffin and also when you are tired of eating too much chocolate.

Tips:

• Do not overmix the batter. If you do, your muffins will be very dense.
• Start baking the muffins with a high temperature will help them to have a nice dome like the ones sold in bakeries.
• Try to not use frozen blueberries because they might “bleed” into the batter, fresh ones are the best to use.

If you would like to see the video of how I made these muffins, don’t forget to visit me on Instagram @pastry_tales

Yield about 1 dozen regular size muffins.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup white granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 large or extra-large egg room temperature

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup of milk (or buttermilk)

1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1 cup fresh blueberries (frozen or fresh, organic is a plus)

Some white granulated sugar for sprinkling.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Insert muffins cups in your muffin pan.
2. Grab 2 bowls (medium and small). In the medium bowl, sugar, salt and baking powder. In the small bowl place vegetable oil, egg, milk and vanilla.
3. Mix your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with some granulated sugar
4. Bake for 15 minutes (400 F) and then turn down the temperature to 375 F and finish baking for another 10 minutes or until done.