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Mixed Berry Muffins with Sugary Tops

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  • Author: Lindsay
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 9-10 muffins 1x

Ingredients

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Berry Muffins:

  • 3/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour (280 grams)
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon fine kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
  • 2 cups frozen mixed berries (I use the triple berry blend from Costco)
  • 1/4 cup turbinado sugar for topping (brown sugar also works)

Honey Butter: 

  • 4 tablespoons softened salted butter
  • 1/4 cup honey

Instructions

  1. Make the Muffin Batter: Preheat the oven to 400 degreses. Whisk the coconut oil, brown sugar, maple syrup, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla together until smooth. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir to form a soft dough.
  2. Thaw the Berries: Microwave 2 cups frozen berries for one minute. Transfer thawed berries to a fine mesh strainer; gently rinse the berries with warm water for 15-30 seconds to wash off the excess colored juices. I like to tap the side of the strainer to get even more water out. The berries will reduce in volume and you’ll be left with about 1 cup of thawed berries.
  3. Add Berries to Muffin Batter: Gently fold the berries into the muffin batter. (There shouldn’t be much excess juice going into the bowl with the thawed berries.) Give it just a few stirs so you incorporate the berries – they’ll get a little mashed, but you want to keep about half of the berries intact.
  4. Top with Sugar: Grease a muffin tin with butter or nonstick baking spray (I prefer this over paper liners). Divide the batter between 9-10 muffin cups, and top with a spoonful of turbinado sugar.
  5. Bake: Bake the muffins for 14-16 minutes, in the middle to top of the oven. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before using a knife to gently release and pull each one out of the muffin tin.
  6. You’re Done! Yum! If you want to serve these with honey butter, which I think you do – just stir the softened butter with the honey until incorporated. Spread it on a warm muffin and live your best life!

Notes

How I measure the coconut oil: I pop the jar into the microwave and warm it up until it’s mostly liquid, then I pour it into a measuring up to measure out 3/4 cup.

How I measure the flour: I scoop the measuring cup right into the flour container to fill it to the top of the one-cup measure (shaking or leveling off any extra heaped up on top). When I weighed this amount (for 2 cups), it was 280 grams. 

How I measure the frozen berries: I measure out two cups of frozen mixed berries into a glass measuring cup. Then I thaw the berries (instructions in recipe card).

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes

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