Delicious Homemade Halal Blueberry Muffins

On Mar 24, 2025 9 0

Prepare to bake incredibly soft and delicious blueberry muffins in the comfort of your own home kitchen! This recipe is designed for those new to baking and anyone who cherishes the simple pleasure of homemade, halal baked goods. These muffins are packed with sweet blueberries and boast a lovely golden-brown surface, mirroring what you see in the picture. Putting together these muffins is simpler than one might imagine, and the wonderful smell that will fill your kitchen will be truly tempting!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Here is a list of everything needed to make these delicious muffins. Make sure all your ingredients are certified halal or from halal-suitable sources.

🥣 2 cups all-purpose flour: This is the main dry ingredient. Flour gives the muffins structure.
🍚 ¾ cup granulated sugar: Sugar adds sweetness and helps the muffins become tender.
🥄 1 tablespoon baking powder: This is a leavening agent. Baking powder makes the muffins rise and become light and fluffy.
½ teaspoon salt: Salt enhances the flavors of the other ingredients.
🥚 2 large eggs: Eggs bind the ingredients together and add richness.
🥛 ½ cup milk: Milk adds moisture to the batter.
🥄 ½ cup vegetable oil: Oil makes the muffins moist and tender.
🥄 1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract: Vanilla extract adds a lovely flavor. It’s a liquid flavoring.
🫐 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries: These juicy berries are the star of our muffins! Fresh blueberries are best, but frozen ones can also be used (see tips below).
✨ Coarse sugar, for sprinkling (optional): This adds a little sparkle and crunch to the tops of the muffins, like you see in the image.

Kitchen Equipment

These are the simple tools needed to make muffins.

🥣 Large mixing bowl: A big bowl to mix all the muffin ingredients together.
🥄 Measuring cups and spoons: To measure out the ingredients accurately. It’s important in baking to measure correctly!
🥄 Whisk or fork: For mixing the dry ingredients. A whisk is a kitchen tool with wire loops used for mixing air into things or blending ingredients smoothly. A fork can also work if you don’t have a whisk.
🥄 Spatula or large spoon: For mixing the wet ingredients and folding in the blueberries. A spatula is a flexible kitchen tool used for scraping bowls and gently mixing.
🧁 12-cup muffin tin: This is a special baking pan with round indentations to bake muffins in. You’ll need a standard 12-cup size.
Paper liners or cooking spray: Paper liners are little paper cups that go inside the muffin tin to prevent sticking and make cleanup easy. Cooking spray is a spray oil that you can use instead if you don’t have liners to stop food from sticking to the pan.
🌡️ Oven: For baking the muffins.
Cooling rack (optional): A wire rack to cool the muffins on after baking. This helps them cool evenly.

Let’s Bake! Step-by-Step Instructions

Follow these easy steps to make your own delicious blueberry muffins!

Getting Ready

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Preheating the oven means turning it on to the correct temperature before you put the muffins in. This is important because it ensures the muffins bake evenly from the start.

Step 2: Prepare your muffin tin. You can use paper liners – place one liner into each cup of the muffin tin. Alternatively, if you don’t have liners, lightly grease the muffin tin with cooking spray. This will stop the muffins from sticking to the pan.

Making the Batter

Step 3: In the large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. These are the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Whisking dry ingredients helps to combine them evenly and break up any lumps in the flour or baking powder. You can see in the image that the muffins have a nice, even texture, and mixing the dry ingredients well is the first step to achieving this.

Step 4: In a separate smaller bowl, lightly whisk the wet ingredients. These are the eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Whisking the wet ingredients together helps them combine smoothly.

Step 5: Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients.

Step 6: Gently mix until just combined. Just combined means mixing until you no longer see streaks of dry flour, but be careful not to overmix. It’s okay if the batter is a little lumpy – in fact, a slightly lumpy batter is better for tender muffins! Overmixing can make the muffins tough.

Step 7: Gently fold in the blueberries. Folding is a gentle way of mixing ingredients together without stirring too much. Use a spatula or large spoon to gently stir the blueberries into the batter until they are evenly distributed. Be careful not to crush the blueberries. Notice in the image how the blueberries are scattered throughout the muffins.

Baking the Muffins

Step 8: Fill each muffin cup about ¾ full with batter. Do not fill them all the way to the top, as the muffins will rise as they bake.

Step 9: If you like, sprinkle a little coarse sugar on top of each muffin before baking. This is optional but adds a lovely sweet crunch, just like on the muffins in the image.

Step 10: Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. To do the toothpick test, insert a toothpick into the center of one of the muffins. If it comes out with moist crumbs or wet batter, the muffins need to bake a little longer. If it comes out clean or with just a few dry crumbs, the muffins are done. The muffins should also be golden brown on top, similar to the color you can observe in the image.

Step 11: Let the muffins cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Cooling them slightly in the tin first makes them easier to remove. If you don’t have a cooling rack, you can let them cool completely in the muffin tin.

Tips for Perfect Muffins

Don’t overmix the batter! Overmixing is the most common mistake when making muffins. It develops the gluten in the flour too much, which can make the muffins tough and dense instead of light and fluffy. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
Measure ingredients accurately. Baking is a science! Using the correct measurements, especially for baking powder and flour, is important for the muffins to rise properly and have the right texture.
Use room temperature ingredients for wet ingredients. While not strictly necessary for this recipe, using room temperature eggs and milk can help the batter come together more smoothly.
If using frozen blueberries: Do not thaw them before adding them to the batter. Frozen blueberries can sometimes bleed their color into the batter. To minimize this, you can rinse them briefly in cold water and pat them dry before folding them in.
Oven temperatures can vary. If your muffins are browning too quickly on top but are still raw inside, you can loosely tent them with aluminum foil and continue baking. A tent means loosely covering the muffins with foil to shield them from direct heat without sealing them.

Enjoy Your Blueberry Muffins

Congratulations, you’ve just made delicious blueberry muffins! Enjoy the wonderful aroma and the delightful taste of these freshly baked treats. They are perfect for breakfast, a snack, or even dessert. Share these muffins with your family and friends, and experience the joy of homemade baking.