Best Damn Blueberry Muffins This Side of The Mass Pike

Legendary Bean-Town Blueberry Muffins

There's only one Blueberry Muffin recipe that creates muffins that you want to eat by the handful, one-after-another. Muffins my mother made every summer which elicited such jubilation and joy that my brothers and I would nearly weep with the news they were gone, as quickly as a summer-afternoon thunderstorm. The recipe is somewhat legendary in Boston. And we were grateful to our sly Irish grandmother whose one redeeming act was to make friends with the head baker at the Jordan Marsh Bakery. (Knowing my grandmother, she probably made the friendship for the sole reason of commandeering the Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffin Recipe.) It's time: Grab your blueberries and this recipe and make your family the best damn blueberry muffins this side of the Mass Pike.

Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins

Oven Temp: 375 degrees Time: 25-30 min. Makes: 24 muffins

1/2 cup butter
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups washed blueberries
2 tsp sugar for topping

• At low speed, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, blend and beat well. Sift dry ingredients together. Add alternately with milk.
  
• Mash 1/2 C blueberries with fork and stir in by hand. Add the rest of the whole berries, stirring in by hand.


• Grease top of tins with butter. Pile batter high in tins. Sprinkle tops with sugar.


• Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

We hope you enjoy your Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffin experience as much as we have. Long live the muffin!