As soon as you try this blueberry pumpkin streusel muffins recipe, you’ll be making plans to bake them again! I’m not sure what makes the combination of pumpkin and blueberry taste so good…. it just does! Enjoy them for breakfast, as a dessert, or as a snack with a cup of hot tea.
Yield: 18 muffins
Blueberry Trivia: European settlers brought with them a recipe for “Bilberry Muffins”. Bilberries were not to be found in the New World. Wild blueberries were both plentiful and delicious. The wild blueberries were substituted for Bilberries, and the Blueberry Muffin recipe was created.
Blueberry Pumpkin Streusel Muffins Ingredients
1 cup
Pumpkin Puree
1/4 cup
Evaporated Milk
3/4 cup
Brown Sugar
1/3 cup
Shortening
1
Egg, beaten
1 2/3 cups
All Purpose Flour
1 cup
Blueberries
1tsp.
Baking Soda
1/2 tsp.
Baking Powder
1 tsp.
Cinnamon
1/2 tsp.
Allspice
1/4 tsp.
Salt – On a low-salt diet? Skip the salt
Topping:
1/4 cup
Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp.
Cinnamon
1/ Tbs.
Butter or Margarine
1/3 cup
Chopped Walnuts(optional)
Note: If you are serving these at a party, be sure that no one has a nut allergy. You can omit the walnuts.
How to Make Blueberry Pumpkin Streusel Muffins Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Mix ingredients for Streusel topping together and set aside.
In a bowl, combine flour, and spices. Set aside.
In a large bowl, Cream shortening and sugar.
Add egg and beat together until fluffy.
Combine in the pumpkin and evaporated milk.
Add flour mixture, a little at a time, and mix in.
Rinse blueberries and gently cut into batter.
Put muffin cups into a muffin tin. If not using muffin cups, grease the muffin tin first.
Fill muffin cups with batter.
Sprinkle Streusel topping over muffins.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
Test with a toothpick for doneness.
Serve warm or cool.
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