blueberry crumble muffins

We're back from vacation!  It's always alway a little tough to get back into the swing of things, but it does feel great to be home.

It was a nice treat to return home to ripe blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.  Our garden is really doing great and providing us with lots of fun (not to mention food)!

Carson just loves going out each morning to check on his plants.  We're really working on the concept of "ripe" fruit.  A few too many green blueberries are being eaten in the process, but patience is a tough concept, and hopefully we'll get there eventually.

Blueberries remind me of my childhood.  My parents have a whole patch of huge bushes that produce more berries than our family can eat.  And, blueberry season certainly wouldn't be complete without a batch (or a few batches) of my mom's blueberry muffins.

This recipe is just delicious.

Shelly's blueberry crumble muffins

Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1 egg (room temperature)
2+1/3 cup flour (+1 extra Tablespoon to be used later)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/+1/2 cup blueberries

Crumble Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup butter

Directions:
Mix the sugar, butter.  Add egg.  Stir in the flour, soda, salt, milk and vanilla.  Use the extra Tablespoon of flour to coat the blueberries (this keeps them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins).  Fold the coated blueberries gently into the batter.  Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling about 3/4 full.  Top with crumble topping.  Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 18 minutes.

Eat up!