Excellent Blueberry Muffins

After struggling with trying to find a muffin recipe that didn't end up dense cupcake-like muffins, or muffins that spread while baking and ended up concave instead of rounded, I can now look no more. I have found, possibly, the best muffin base out there. With this base I used blueberries, but any fresh fruit or filling of choice will work great in this recipe.

Ingredients:

(Muffins)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup fresh blueberries

(Crumb Topping)
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.

Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.

To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

The crumb mixture was too much for the amount of muffins, I ended up with a lot of left over that I'm refrigerating and plan on adding to a berry crisp sometime this week. But unless you plan on making a larger batch or another batch later on, I have halved the ingredients below.

1/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 teaspoon ground cinnamon

This was the first time that I had ever been instructed to fill up all of the wet ingredients in a measuring cup. The milk was not actually measured out rather than filled in until the cup was full. At first I thought that maybe something was off about that, but I followed the directions to the letter and the muffins turned out excellent! I would also recommend using coarse sugar in place of the crumb mixture if you like.

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