Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffins - Easy blueberry muffin recipe for moist muffins with juicy blueberries, a hint of lemon, and a crunchy sugar topping.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
These homemade blueberry muffins are hands down the best blueberry muffins around. They're the real deal! Bursting with fresh blueberries, these sweet muffins are calling your name.
They're the perfect treat for breakfast, brunch, or after school snacks.
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Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffins Recipe
These delicious muffins are made with simple pantry ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Notes on Ingredients and Substitutions
Batter
- all purpose flour - May substitute cake flour for extra light and fluffy result.
- sugar - Granulated white sugar.
- baking powder - Leavening agent that will help the muffins rise.
- shortening - Crisco original, not butter flavored.
- milk - Use whole milk or 2% milk.
- egg - Use large eggs.
- fresh blueberries - Fresh blueberries provide better flavor. But you may substitute unthawed, frozen blueberries.
- lemon zest - Or lemon juice.
Streusel Topping
- all purpose flour
- sugar - May substitute brown sugar.
- salted butter
- May substitute turbinado sugar for Streusel Topping - Raw, unrefined sugar that has coarse crystals. May substitute white sugar, or brown sugar.
Pro Tips
- Use Room Temperature Ingredients - For the best results, be sure to use room temperature ingredients when baking.
- Frozen Blueberries - Do not thaw frozen blueberries before baking them or their color will streak the batter purple.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Dry Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Sifter
- Silicone Spatula
- Hand Mixer
- Zester
- Muffin Tin - These Muffin Pans by USA Pan are a game changer!
- Cookie Scoop - Used to measure out equal amounts of batter.
How To Make This Starbucks Copycat Recipe
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Line Muffin Tin. Line cups with paper liners, like these Tulip Cupcake Liners for that professional bakery-style finish. If you don't have liners, then spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray so that the fresh baked muffins release easily from the pan.
Make Batter
Combine Dry Ingredients. Sift together the dry ingredients into a medium bowl.
Add Wet Ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix together until batter is smooth.
Blueberries and Lemon Zest. Stir in blueberries and lemon zest.
Fill Muffin Tins. Using a cookie scoop, fill each cup ¾ full of batter.
Top And Bake
Simple Streusel Topping Recipe. In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. With a pastry cutter or fork, cut 4 tablespoons of cold, cubed, salted butter, into the flour mixture.
Food Processor Method - You can also use a food processor to do this. Just put all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until you reach the desired streusel consistency.
Sprinkle On. - Sprinkle the streusel topping all over the muffin tops.
Bake. Place muffin pan on the center rack of the oven and bake at 400°F for 15-17 minutes.
Jumbo Muffins: Bake 20-23 minutes.
Get ready for the smell of homemade blueberry muffins to fill the house!
Test for Doneness: Insert a clean toothpick into the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean, they are done baking. If not, put the pan back into the oven to bake for another 5 minutes.
Rest Time. Let them rest in the pan for 10 minutes before un-molding. This will allow the crumb to set properly and ensure the muffin doesn't fall apart.
Cool On Wire Rack. After 10 minutes, take them out of the pan and let them cool on a wire rack. Or eat them immediately while they are warm and irresistible.
Serve. Serve these moist blueberry muffins warm with melted butter, honey butter, or a lemon-infused honey butter.
Can I Bake Muffins In An Air Fryer?
Bake these delicious muffins in the air fryer instead following these simple instructions:
- Line the air fryer basket with aluminum foil to catch any spills.
- Preheat the air fryer to 350°F.
- Fill silicone muffin cups ¾ of the way full with batter.
- Set the filled cups in the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- Air fry for 10 minutes.
- And enjoy!
Variations
Use this basic muffin recipe to make different muffin variations.
- Sugar Instead of Streusel Topping. Sprinkle the coarse grains of Turbinado sugar over the top of the muffins.
- Cranberry Orange Muffins
- Chocolate Chip
- Strawberry
- Apple
- Jam Muffins - just put a tablespoon of your favorite jam inside the muffins. This was always a hit with the kids!
- Cinnamon and Sugar
- Nutella
Recipe FAQS
There are 330 calories in a Starbucks blueberry muffin. Make your own muffins with our Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffin Recipe with half the calories.
For high domed muffins, space them out in the pan, leaving every other cup empty. The extra space between them will allow for more heat to reach them. And the muffin tops will bake higher.
Absolutely. Check for doneness by inserting a clean toothpick into the center of a baked muffin. If it comes out clean, they're done.
Freezing and Storage
Store these homemade muffins in an airtight container at room temperature. Freeze them for later. They make the perfect quick breakfast or after school snack.
There you have it. Starbucks Copycat Blueberry Muffins are as easy as that to make! We hope you enjoy our super simple, super tasty recipe. Try it and let us know how you like it. We'd love to hear from you!
xo ~ Seanna
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📖 Recipe
Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Muffins Recipe
Equipment
- dry measuring cup
Ingredients
Muffin Batter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar granulated
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup Crisco shortening original, not butter flavored
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg large eggs
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
Streusel Topping
- ½ cup sugar granulated
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons butter salted
Instructions
Preheat Oven To 400°F.
Make Batter
- Combine Dry Ingredients. Sift together the dry ingredients into a medium bowl.2 cups all purpose flour, ½ cup white sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Add Wet Ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix together until batter is smooth.¼ cup Crisco shortening, 1 cup milk, 1 egg
- Blueberries and Lemon Zest. Stir in blueberries and lemon zest.1 cup blueberries, ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- Line Muffin Tin. Line each muffin cup with paper liners. If you don't have muffin liners, then spray the muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray so that the fresh baked muffins release easily from the pan.
- Fill Muffin Tins. Using a cookie scoop, fill each muffin cup ¾ full of batter.
- Streusel Topping. In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. With a pastry cutter or fork, cut 4 tablespoons of cold, cubed, salted butter, into the flour mixture.Food Processor Method - You can also use a food processor to do this. Just put all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until you reach the desired streusel consistency.Sprinkle On. Sprinkle the streusel topping all over the muffin tops.
- Bake. Place muffin pan on the center rack of the oven and bake at 400°F for 15-17 minutes.For Jumbo Muffins: Bake for 20-23 minutes.Test for Doneness: Insert a clean toothpick into the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean, the muffins are done baking. If not, put the pan back into the oven to bake for another 5 minutes.
- Rest. Let the muffins rest in the muffin pan for 10 minutes before un-molding. This will allow the muffin crumb to set properly and ensure the muffin doesn't fall apart.
- Cool On Wire Rack. After 10 minutes, take the muffins out of the pan and let them cool on a wire rack. Or eat them immediately while they are warm and irresistible.
- Serve. Serve these moist blueberry muffins with melted butter, honey butter, or a lemon-infused honey butter.
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Notes
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- sugar - granulated white sugar
- shortening - Crisco original, not butter flavored.
- egg - use large eggs
- fresh blueberries - Fresh blueberries provide better flavor. But you may substitute unthawed, frozen blueberries.
Pro Tip
For the best results, be sure to use room temperature ingredients when baking.Variations
Use this basic muffin recipe to make different muffin variations.- Sugar Instead of Streusel Topping. Sprinkle the coarse grains of Turbinado sugar over the top of the muffins.
- Cranberry Orange Muffins
- Chocolate Chip
- Strawberry
- Apple
- Jam Muffins - just put a tablespoon of your favorite jam inside the muffins. This was always a hit with the kids!
- Cinnamon and Sugar
- Nutella
Can I Bake Muffins In An Air Fryer?
Bake these delicious muffins in the air fryer instead following these simple instructions:- Line the air fryer basket with aluminum foil to catch any spills.
- Preheat the air fryer to 350°F.
- Fill silicone muffin cups ¾ of the way full with batter.
- Set the filled cups in the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- Air fry for 10 minutes.
- And enjoy!
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Megan
I am so glad I found this recipe! I was just looking for a homemade blueberry muffin recipe to make for my kids. This is absolutely perfect! I love the addition of lemon zest.
Seanna Borrows
Thanks so much Megan! This is a recipe I make my kids all the time. I hope you love it as much as we do.
Russ
Nice photos. Did you hire a professional photographer?
Seanna
Ha! Thanks Honey. About time I started using that software!