Sugar-Dusted Blueberry Muffins

A Recipie

by Sara Bosscher

(Makes 6-8)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup quick oats
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg
• a heaping 1/4 cup to a scant 1/2 cup of sugar (depending on your tastes, I do somewhere in between)
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• large 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1 tablespoon sugar + 1/8 t. cinnamon

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Mix oats and oj. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
3. Beat in egg and sugar.
4. Toss in rest of ingredients except blueberries, stir until moistened. It should be a bit lumpy.
5. Fold in blueberries. If you use frozen blueberries, run them under the faucet in a strainer for a few minutes to break them up and soften them a little.
6. Place paper liners or cooking spray in muffin tin. Spoon in batter, 1/2-3/4 full.
7. Sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon mixture on top of each.
8. Bake for 18-22 minutes and turn out immediately onto a towel or wire rack to cool.

Happy munching!

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