Gosh don't Tuesdays come and go so quick. Good job we love cooking, and trying out new recipes.
We had a few meetings this Tuesday (work & friends), so got up extra early to make something a little special to share. This obviously meant... we baked! And these are indeed very special:
Lemon Blueberry Poppy Seed Muffins
(with a crumble topping)
We found the recipe on a blog called Joy the Baker, which we promptly then fell in love with. Her photography is stunning, her writing humorous and her cooking is to die for; is she the perfect woman? Go take a look at her site and decide for yourself.
Anyway, less of the girl crush, back to the baking. Even though this recipe has lots of ingredients it was relatively simple in method. One thing that especially excited us about it though, was the use of a new technique. We have made a lot, and we meant a lot of cupcakes over the last few years but we have never been asked to 'brown the butter' before. Not only does it release a delicious nutty smell, it takes a lot of effort out of mixing the batter.
To some lemon, blueberries and poppy seeds might seem like over-kill but the flavours all work fabulously together and each ingredient brings in a different texture. The recipe's creator Joy, says she now puts a crumble topping on everything apart from cheeseburgers and we can see why. It takes the muffins up another level, they are superb. If timed perfectly, the middle of the muffin is light and fluffy while the crumble topping is golden and crunchy.
We delivered our delicious muffins wrapped simply in baking paper and tied with string.. don't they look adorable!
If you decide to make these, we promise you will NOT regret it.
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