Quick and Easy Blueberry Muffins

You only need one bowl to make this easy blueberry muffins recipe with blueberries, flour, sugar, vanilla, and vegetable oil. We’ve been making these muffins for years and are always happy that we did. Jump to the Easy Blueberry Muffin Recipe

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How to Make the Best Blueberry Muffins

These blueberry muffins are quick and easy with a moist and tender center bursting with blueberries and perfectly golden brown top. They are extra easy to make, too. For another spin on these muffins, try our lemon blueberry muffins recipe or for egg-free and dairy-free muffins, try these vegan blueberry muffins.

Blueberry Muffin Ingredients

Fresh or frozen blueberries work in this recipe. It’s tricky to find sweet fresh blueberries all year round. Thankfully, this doesn’t prevent us from getting our blueberry muffin fix! When using frozen blueberries, add them when they are still frozen. We use all-purpose flour, but you can use 100% whole wheat flour or a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour. A gluten-free flour blend also works. Just keep in mind that changing the flour from all-purpose will affect the texture of the muffins slightly.

Granulated sugar helps to make the blueberry muffins flavorful and tender. You can swap for other sugars (brown sugar or coconut sugar, for example), but the texture of the bread will change slightly. I also love adding a sprinkle of sugar to the muffin tops just before baking, which turns into a crackly top. Oil is my favorite fat to use when making these blueberry muffins. I usually use butter when baking since I love the flavor, but after testing these muffins with both oil and butter, we found that the oil made more tender muffins. Milk is my go-to liquid for baking muffins, but if you are dairy-free, try homemade oat milk, unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk.

Egg provides structure and stability to the muffins. We use one egg. If you do not eat eggs, you can try using a flax egg instead. Baking powder is our go-to leavener for these blueberry muffins. Salt and vanilla extract add flavor to the bread and make them taste amazing.

How to Make Blueberry Muffins in Three Easy Steps

When you realize how easy these muffins are to make, you’ll want to make them over and over again.

Step 1, Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and a little salt in a large bowl. Step 2, Add oil, an egg, milk, and vanilla extract then stir with a fork until blended. Step 3, Mix in the blueberries, divide the batter between muffin cups and bake.

How to Make Mini Muffins

Our recipe can be used to make a variety of muffin sizes. Use our recipe to make the following:

• Eight big-topped, bakery size muffins
• Ten standard-size blueberry muffins
• Twenty to twenty-two mini blueberry muffins

What Our Readers Are Saying

If you don’t believe that our recipe helps you achieve the best blueberry muffins from scratch, take a look at what our readers are saying about the recipe! More reviews are in the comments section below.

“These are amazing! So simple and delicious.” – Mary

“These are the best blueberry muffins ever! Perfect crusty top, moist and delicious. Easy to make and simple ingredients.” – Trish

“Bakery quality! Best blueberry muffins I’ve ever made!” – Andrea

More Muffin Recipes

Since sharing this recipe and learning just how much you love them (see all the reviews below!). We have shared a few more recipes for muffins that use a very similar batter. Take a look at these:

For a slightly healthier take on these muffins, try our Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins. We add whole grains, ripe bananas and reduce the sugar. Most importantly though, they taste great! Or try these vegan muffins.

Fresh Strawberry Muffins with a little spice from cinnamon and black pepper — the black pepper may seem odd, but it is delicious with fresh strawberries. The batter is very similar to this recipe!

Try our Classic Chocolate Chip Muffins with brown sugar, sour cream, a vanilla-scented batter and lots of chocolate chips. There’s a little sour cream added to the batter to make it extra delicious, and you can even add blueberries or strawberries for a fruit-chocolate combination.

Try our Ginger Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins made with fresh ginger, fresh or frozen blueberries and oats. Plus a spoonful of vanilla-scented glaze to make everything that much better.

And while it isn’t technically a muffin, this Easy Homemade Banana Bread Recipe with ripe bananas, flour, butter, eggs, and spices is a reader favorite! It has lots of helpful reader reviews. We also have a healthier take on banana bread here.

Recipe updated, originally posted December 2012. Since posting this in 2012, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear and added a quick recipe video. – Adam and Joanne

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