Blackberry Lemonade Muffins
It’s become a challenge to find a video that will go with each blog post. Why do I do it you ask? Because I’m extremely strange first of all and also because once I start something. I become rather obsessive. 😀 This my friends, is why you get a really lame video with almost every post now hehe. I like to think of it as my being your doorway to new musical tastes. Or insanity. Whichever. You know you liked The Carrot Song.
I have a thing for berries also. I wait every year for them to show up fresh at stores for a decent price and not having the taste of…well… nothing at all. Out of season berries really suck donkey toes. So when I can’t get them, I use frozen. It’s not quite the same but it’s pretty darn close and it keeps me from going into “Lack of Berry Convulsions”, otherwise knows as LOBC. Don’t ask me how you pronounce that. Just roll with it cause you love me.
I like muffins. So does
this lovely lady who happens to be one of my favoriteist (yes, that too is now a word cause I said so) people.
Muffins are yummy. They can have all sorts of bad for you things in them (not that my muffin today does; just saying) and yet you can get away with eating 12 of them because they’re muffins. Not cupcakes, not cookies, but muffins. And if you add fruit in them, you then earned the right to call yourself the healthiest cook ever. Or something. Do that rolling with me thing again.
I made muffins today. Just thought I’d throw that info out there.
Yummy muffins. With berries.
Blackberries.
Blackberries are our friend. Ok, they’re my friend. Back off. (Yes, I’m in particularly strange form today)
These are actually fairly good for you as muffins go. A minimal amount of sugar (I’m not counting the lemonade concentrate cause I don’t want to) and a lot of berries, which means fiber and vitamins. So get to baking.
Blackberry Lemonade Muffins
- 2 cups flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup lemonade concentrate, thawed (I used raspberry lemonade)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 one lb bag of frozen blackberries (keep frozen)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 14 muffin cups (I’m guessing 14. I made 12 muffins and one mini loaf for my husband to take for lunch) or use paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
- In another bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients except for the berries.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until moistened. Fold in the berries. The batter will be thick before you add the berries; the frozen berries will make it more so.
- Fill muffin cups about 3/4’s full. Sprinkle with coarse sugar if desired. I meant to but forgot hehe
- Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for a minute or two then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
I love this combination! Delicious! I enjoy strange people and am most-likely equally strange, so this works well for me. And hey…a little video never hurt anyone. 😉 Love it!
I will try these this weekend! Lots of Blackberries to use up before the new ones are ready to pick this year!
Berries are our friends.
Why?
Because if they weren’t, they wouldn’t be so pretty and delicious.
They look amazing and I am SO rollin’ with you on this one, girlfriend!
Those muffins are just bursting with berries!
Blackberries really are our friends. I tasted blackberry milkshakes for years before I actually saw what a blackberry looks like. It only made me more intrigued lol. These blackberry lemonade muffins look superb! Have a fab weekend!
These look fantastic Janet, what a great recipe! Blackberry and lemonade is a fabulous combination! 🙂
Totally with you on that one! Muffins look INCREDIBLE..loving your recipe!
Wow, these are so chock full of blackberries, I love it 🙂 Looks sticky and moist and utterly delicious.
Nom nom. I’d like a dozen of these muffins, please!
Berries are my friends, too. Never tried putting thawed frozen concentrate in a muffin before, though. But I’m rolling with it. 🙂
Look at all the color from those blackberries. I think these muffins are a winner!
Oooh, I adore blackberries, too…and these muffins look so yummy!!! Congrats on the Top 9 today…hooray!!!
Rollin with the berries, yeah baby!!! Thanks for making me muffins. BTW, do you know the Muffin Man that lives down the lane
Where are my manners? Congrats on Top 9!
Love these muffins Janet! Blackberries and lemonade sound wonderful together, and especially in a scrumptious individually sized baked good :)! Congrats on the Top 9, and hope you enjoy your weekend :)!
I Love your Disney plate!
Donkey toes – sounds like something that would come out of my mouth! That right there is why I love it over here! These look like some seriously good muffins girl, & I’m loving the blackberries! Congrats on the Top 9 today 🙂
Wow! That looks so yummy. I especially love that you used extra berries. Sometimes, I like to pick the berry parts out of store bought muffins and throw away the rest. Shame on me… but it’s the best part. With these, I wouldn’t have to!
LOVE these, Janet!! What a great idea to use the lemonade and I love all those blackberries!
Your son is making these as I type. I. AM. SO. EXCITED!
These are like the ultimate comfort muffins (which do not have chocolate – YUM!)
Cheers
CCU
Dang twin, you do good work!