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Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins
Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Zucchini again?! You betcha. It’s zucchini season and many of you have it growing plentifully in your gardens so I thought another yummy option couldn’t hurt. I have always enjoyed zucchini in baked goods. And it occurred to me one day that I hadn’t posted any muffin recipes yet. What? How can this be? Forgive me, muffins, I still love you.

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

These are some darn good muffins, too. Sweet and tender, bursting with fresh blueberries, and super moist from two cups of grated zucchini. One stop shopping – fruit and veggies in one glorious, crumbly-topped breakfast pastry. Even a self-proclaimed zucchini-hater (ahem… my father-in-law) thoroughly enjoyed these muffins.

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Did I mention that they’re bursting with blueberries? Oh right, I guess I did. Whoops.

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Yield: About 18 muffins

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Adapted from Allrecipes

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1c canola oil (or half applesauce, half oil)
  • 3t vanilla
  • 2c sugar
  • 2c zucchini, grated
  • 1t lemon zest
  • 3c flour
  • 1t salt
  • 1t baking powder
  • 1/4t baking soda
  • 1t cinnamon
  • 2c fresh blueberries
  • For Crumble Topping:
  • 1/3c flour
  • 1/3c sugar
  • 1/4c butter, softened
  • dash of salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease two standard muffin tins.
  2. In a mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, vanilla, sugar, zucchini, and lemon zest until well combined. Mix in dry ingredients until incorporated. Fold in blueberries. Scoop into prepared muffin tins (I used a 1/4 measuring cup for this and filled the cups almost completely full to get the oversized muffin effect).
  3. In another smaller bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, and softened butter together using your fingers or a pastry blender until it is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over the tops of each muffin.
  4. Bake 25-30 minutes or until muffins are golden and cooked through. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

Notes

I did not use cupcake papers when making this batch, but they can be used for appearance and for easier removal from muffin tin, if you prefer.

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Blueberry Zucchini Muffins
18 comments
alex
alex

can't wait to try these out. i know it says fresh blueberries but do you think it would work with frozen ones? 

alaskafromscratch
alaskafromscratch moderator

I haven't tried frozen blueberries, but I think they should probably work just fine. :) Let me know how they turn out for you. 

CK
CK

how many does it make?

Alaska from Scratch
Alaska from Scratch

Thanks for your question. Right at the very top of the recipe, near the photo, is where you can find the quantities for the recipes. This one says about 18 muffins. Hope this helps! Enjoy the muffins! :)

L
L

I made these last night and seriously the best muffins! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!

Jan
Jan

I'm by far no baker, however this recipe was easy for me to create mouth watering muffins. Thanks for the inspiration, it motivated me to get baking! Jan Anola, Manitoba

Alaska from Scratch
Alaska from Scratch

Great job, Jan! So happy to hear you enjoyed the muffins, but even more happy to hear that you're inspired to bake! Hugs from Alaska to Manitoba. :)

Kirkfield
Kirkfield

I did not have any lemon so I used grapefruit, changed the taste slightly but that was a good thing, amazing so scrumptious! Thanks Alaska!

Luvs2Twirl
Luvs2Twirl

I made these this morning and took them to work with me. They were amazing! I used 1/2 oil and 1/2 applesauce as well as 2 C whole wheat flour and 1 C regular flour and they were perfect! It made 24 good sized muffins for me!

Bosco
Bosco

The muffins r in the oven . I can not wait to taste them. I used two muffin tins as that is all I had, put the rest of batter in 8 by 4 lofe pan hope that will come out ok.

Lucy Hill
Lucy Hill

Wow! Rich in blueberry! love it!

Maria
Maria

I'm intrigued! I love blueberry muffins plus we have excess zucchini from the garden. Great combo idea as I know from other recipes that zucchini works well in baked goods. Thanks for the idea.

Lois
Lois

Living in Alaska for over 25 years I would have to say the blueberries we picked were the best!! I miss them! Thanks for the recipe as I can always use another zucchini one!

Kelly
Kelly

Ah, just what I needed! We have more zucchini than we know what to do with :)!

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