Blueberry Muffins & Peach and Blueberry Buckle

I have a lot of blueberries. A LOT. Which is a great excuse to make some delicious baked goods :) First, I decided to make blueberry muffins using my mum's recipe. I have memories of growing up and watching my mum make these delicious muffins with fresh blueberries...and anxiously waiting for them to cool down so I could eat them all!

Blueberry Muffins

(Yields 12 muffins)

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup suagr
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners (or grease the muffin cups if you'd prefer!)
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt
3. Cream eggs, sugar, Greek yogurt and vegetable oil
4. Gradually add flour mixture. Mix until just combined - be careful to not over-process!!
5. Stir in blueberries
6. Spoon mixture into muffins cups - fill 2/3 full
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cakes are springy to the touch and a cake tester inserted into a muffin comes out clean

And here they are!



Next, I made a peach and blueberry buckle (adapted from this recipe). So, what exactly is a buckle? And how is it different from a cobbler? Good question! Here's a break down of the fruity-pastry desserts:

• Crumble: Fruit with a "crumble"/streusel topping, which is baked in the oven until the fruit is cooked. The streusel topping typically includes ingredients such as oatmeal, brown sugar, butter and various spices
• Cobbler: Fruit with a cake/biscuit topping, which is dropped onto the fruit into small round blobs - resembling a "cobble" stone road (hence the name!) - and baked in the oven
•  Grunt: This is like a cobbler, but it's made entirely on the stove. The name is derived from the "grunt" sound of the air bubbles moving through the fruit's syrup and escaping from between the globs of cake/biscuits
• Buckle: Fruit is now on top of the cake/biscuits. When in the oven, the fruit sinks while the cake rises - causing it to "buckle"

Peach and Blueberry Buckle

(Yields 6 servings)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of peaches, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup of blueberries
• 1/4 cup water
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp. butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Combine peaches, blueberries, water and 1/3 cup sugar in a pot, mix well. Bring mixture to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside
3. In the meantime, place butter in a 9x9 baking dish and put in oven to melt
4. While the butter is melting, mix flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Slowing pour in milk while whisking to prevent clumps
5. Your butter should be melted by now. Remove baking dish from oven, swirl melted butter around so it coats the bottom of the baking dish
6. Pour batter into baking dish (on top of butter) - do NOT mix. Gently spoon cooked fruit with syrup on top of batter
7. Place baking dish back into oven and cook for 35-40 minutes

Here's a picture of my buckle before baking...



...and after. I served it with some cool whip, but it's not necessary because it's delicious alone!


Enjoy and thanks for reading!