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Jam packed with berries this easy blueberry muffins are fluffy and delicious!  They are topped with an orange pecan crumble for added oomph, texture and flavour.  Such a great way to start your morning with a cup of tea or coffee!

A close up of a blueberry muffin with a teal wrapper. 

*This recipe was originally posted in October, 2015, but has been updated.

Newfoundland Blueberries for Tasty Blueberry Muffins

These blueberry muffins with orange pecan crumble are not your average muffin, that’s for sure!  They have local Newfoundland berries in ’em, which kinda makes them inherently wicked! I may be a little biased, but blueberries grown in Newfoundland are some of the best blueberries found anywhere!  They are so sweet and concentrated in blueberry-ey flavour.

Around late summer/early fall, people typically go berry picking in Newfoundland.  They are grown wild and you can fill buckets and buckets with these little gems.  I recently got a bunch and couldn’t wait to bake with them.  They are so much tinier than any mass-produced/grown ones you may find in the grocery store, but they make up for in their amazing flavour…like little candies!  Of course, any blueberry would work great in this recipe, just pick up the best you can find!

Ingredients for Easy Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins with Yogurt

The key to moist blueberry muffins?  Yogurt!  These muffins are super moist, particularly because of the yogurt in there…not to mention those juicy berries. Plus, the yogurt adds a little dose of protein.  We go through so much Greek yogurt in our home.  We eat the stuff as is and even in lieu of sour cream.

For these blueberry muffins, the pans are generously filled and they bake up beautifully with a nice little muffin top (the only muffin top that you want, am I right 😉 )?

A blueberry muffin cut in half to show interior texture.

These easy blueberry muffins are perfectly acceptable to eat in the morning with coffee or as a snack when that little 3 o’clock hunger bug strikes.  They are moist and delicious all on their own, but adding the orange pecan crumble certainly kicks up the flavour a notch!  Do you love to put butter on your muffins?  While they are good and warm, I love to smear some butter on those babies. Hubby, on the other hand, enjoys his as is. How do you like yours?

A close up of a blueberry muffin with a teal liner.

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Fluffy and Delicious blueberry muffins with an orange pecan crumble.
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Easy Blueberry Muffins with Orange Pecan Crumble

Jam packed with berries these Blueberry Muffins are fluffy and delicious! They are topped with an orange pecan crumble for added oomph, texture and flavour. Such a great way to start your morning with a cup of tea or coffee!

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword scratch made muffins, blueberry recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 274 kcal
Author Girl Heart Food

Ingredients

Blueberry Muffins

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt -fine
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup greek yogurt
  • 2 eggs -I used large
  • 2 cups blueberries -plus a few for the top of each muffin
  • Pam Baking spray -for greasing liners

Orange Pecan Crumble

  • 1/2 cup quick oats
  • 1 tbsp orange zest -about 2 oranges
  • 1/4 cup pecans -roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter -cubed and cold
  • pinch salt

Instructions

Blueberry Muffins

  1. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine. Lay to one side. Preheat oven to 400F. Place muffin liners in 12 unit muffin tin and spray with Pam. Lay to one side.
  2. In a stand mixer combine sugar and butter. Cream about 2-3 minutes until fluffy. Add vanilla and yogurt and mix until combined.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, blending about 30 seconds for each egg until just incorporated.
  4. Place blueberries in a small bowl and take about 2-3 tbsp. of your flour mixture and spoon over berries, stirring gently to cover.

  5. Add remaining flour mixture to butter mixture in blender mixing until just incorporated. Very gently stir in blueberries. You may want to stir them in by hand with a spoon or spatula so they don't break too much. 

  6. Using a standard round ice-cream scoop, divide mixture evenly among muffin liners. Top each with a few reserved blueberries (optional). Then, top with orange pecan crumble and bake on middle rack for 18-20 minutes, carefully rotating pan half way through.

  7. Let muffins cool in pan about 10 minutes before removing. Enjoy!

Orange Pecan Crumble

  1. Stir together oats, orange zest, pecans and brown sugar. Using a pastry cutter or two knives cut the butter into the dry ingredients until there are visible clumps.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Blueberry Muffins with Orange Pecan Crumble
Amount Per Serving
Calories 274 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12g 18%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 53mg 18%
Sodium 218mg 9%
Potassium 167mg 5%
Total Carbohydrates 37g 12%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 17g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 7%
Vitamin C 3.7%
Calcium 6.1%
Iron 8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Jam packed with berries these Blueberry Muffins are fluffy and delicious! They are topped with an orange pecan crumble for added oomph, texture and flavour. Yummy with coffee! #blueberryrecipe #scratchmademuffins #homemademuffins #muffinswithyogurt

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  1. Wowza those berries do look yummy! We get wild blackberries here, and they are also a lot tinier than store-bought berries. (BUT SO GOOD!) I should try these muffins with my blackberries!

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  5. So it’s not just me who’s hungry at 3PM?? (and again at 4 and at 5 lol). These look so delicious! And that orange pecan crumble is calling my name let me tell ya. How are you?? I have been a little out of it lately. So busy with non-blog things! Such is adult life. Though I must say I am not used to it, I miss my winter hibernating lifestyle. Hope you have a lovely weekend!

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  7. Yum! These muffins look so tasty, blueberry muffins are definitely one of my faves! I love the sound of the orange pecan crumble as I am just obsessed with citrus flavours right now!

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  8. I know what you mean by those little, tiny blueberries! When we lived in Ontario, the wild ones there were the same. My hubby calls them ‘God’s food’. So delicious! These muffins look irresistible. :).

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  12. I totally relate to picking wild blueberries. I used to go pick with my grandma and we would literally spend the day filling bucket with these tiny beauties. Hard work, but well worth it. Too bad commercially grown ones don’t taste the same. Compared to the wild grown ones they taste like nothing (: These muffins sound absolutely delectable. I am having coffee right now…trying to stay warm, how I wish I had at least one wild blueberry muffin!

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  19. Dawn, if I had super powers I would eat these muffins right off the screen. My muffins never look like this. Yours look moist and inviting. I would love to try this recipe. Pinning it! As much as I love my coffee in the morning, these muffins will be an added bonus

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  20. I’m all about butter on my muffins. The more, the better–sometimes I think I should skip the muffin/bread/oatmeal entirely and just eat butter. . .but I wouldn’t be able to resist one of these gorgeous muffins! Blueberry muffins are one of my favorites :). Hope you’re having a great week, Dawn!

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  21. You had me at JUMBO! I actually prefer muffins to cupcakes, probably because I can eat more of them without getting a belly ache! These look perfect! What’s not to love about a blueberry muffin? But made jumbo WITH Orange Pecan Crumble AND Orange Honey Butter? Heaven! Yum!!!!

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