Blueberry Muffin Tops with a Cheesecake Drizzle

The feedback I've received on these blueberry muffin tops is universal. "These were amazing!" "These were delicious!" "How did you do this?" "Can I have the recipe?"

These blueberry muffin tops are from a recipe from a new book by Lisa Huff from the blog, Snappy Gourmet.

The book is called Kid Chef Bakes: The Kids' Cookbook for Aspiring Bakers. The book is a wonderful guide for kids who are serious about learning how to bake. It's kind of home economics class in a single book.

The book has a chapter on the baker's kitchen, and provides safety tips, tutorials, and 75 seriously legit sweet and savory recipes, including yeasted bread! In fact, the other night, I had to bring a focaccia to an Italian dinner potluck, and decided to try the rosemary onion focaccia in the book. It was incredible and totally full of grown up flavors.

With each recipe, Lisa provides a list of tools and equipment needed. The only thing missing is the use of a scale (but then again, I'm such a nerd about weighing ingredients).

None of the recipes are overtly "kid-centric."  Honestly, if you are a grown up who would like to learn how to bake, you might want to give this book a try.

I baked these blueberry muffin tops two ways. First I tried them using this whoopie pie pan, which I bought when I got on a short-lived whoopie pie kick.

It worked just fine, but I figured that if you thought you'd need to own a special pan for these muffins, you'd never make them, so I also tried baking them on a parchment lined baking sheet.

These were just as good as the ones baked in the pan!

P.S. There is actually a muffin top pan you can buy, and I'm really shocked that I don't own it (remember, I own a whoopie pie pan....).

These muffins are loaded with fresh blueberries. The blueberries to flour ratio is 1 to .75, so, as you can see, these are pretty much blueberries held together with a bit of batter.

The cheesecake drizzle on top is pretty amazing too.

Any post about muffin tops would not be complete without saying "Top of the muffin to you!" and "Pop the top, toss the stump." If this makes no sense to you, you definitely need to Google Seinfeld + muffin top.

Disclosure: I was given a copy of the book for review. All opinions are my own.

P.S. Speaking of cooking with kids, here is my favorite photo of my oldest grandson, my first baking buddy. This was taken several years ago (he's now a teenager), but he owns my heart.

After the recipe, be sure to check out the rest of this month's Muffin Monday contributors' posts.

Yield: 20 to 24 muffin tops

Blueberry Muffin Tops with Cheesecake Drizzle

INGREDIENTS:

For the Muffin Tops

• Spray oil or butter for greasing the pan (optional) or parchment paper
• 1 1/2 cups (6 3/4 ounces) unbleached all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk (2 percent or whole)
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg plus one large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups fresh blueberries

For the Cheesecake Drizzle

• 4 ounces room temperature cream cheese
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 to 5 tablespoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, egg and egg yolk, and the vanilla until combined.
4. Make a well in the bowl of dry ingredients, and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir until just blended. Gently fold in the blueberries.
5. Scoop about three tablespoons of the batter onto the parchment lined baking sheets with an ice cream scoop, placing each scoop about two inches apart. Bake the muffin tops, one sheet at a time, for 10 to 14 minutes, until slightly browned around the edges. Cool the muffin top for about 5 minutes on the pan, and then continue to cool on a wire rack.
6. Mix the Drizzle ingredients in a small bowl, adding the milk slowly until reaching a consistency to drizzle over the muffin tops with a fork.

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