Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping are so soft and just sweet enough to be a healthy treat for breakfast, brunch or snack time. The streusel on top adds a delightful texture, then melts in your mouth.

Do you know what time it is? If you guessed muffin time, you're right. It's always muffin time around here.

The blueberry crumb muffins I am sharing today are a delightful and delicious treat.

I used to think muffins with streusel topping were hard, but you'd actually be surprised how easy they are!

Recipe for Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping are so soft, except for the crispy, melt-in-your-mouth crumb topping. They are just sweet enough to still be a healthy treat.

These muffins have a beautiful light brown color to them because of the brown sugar.

If you're looking for muffins that don't have any sugar, check out my tips for making muffins sugar free and especially these sugar-free blueberry muffins. (If you're determined to make these crumb muffins sugar free, coconut sugar would be my choice for the muffin batter and the streusel topping.)

Make them for brunch with friends, as a make-ahead breakfast or simply heat one up for dessert and serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

Here's what you will need pick up at the grocery store so you can whip up a batch of these easy blueberry muffins with streusel topping:

• all-purpose flour
• salt
• baking soda
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• brown sugar
• butter (can substitute coconut oil)
• eggs
• whole milk (can use non-dairy milk)
• vanilla extract
• fresh blueberries (see below)

For the crumb topping, you will need:

• butter
• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar

Let's talk about blueberries for a second. Fresh blueberries are ideal but you can use frozen — no need to thaw. Check out my friend Melissa's tips for keeping berries fresh for longer.

You can opt for using more blueberries if you like, but I found that this recipe has the perfect amount to get a blueberry in every single bite but with enough fluffy muffin in between.

How to make Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

Here's how to put this recipe together. It will take you less than 20 minutes to mix them up, then another 20 minutes or so to bake them and a little more time to cool, so plan accordingly.

1. First, preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a muffin pan or line with cupcake liners. (I have a friend that swears by these silicone liners.)
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
3. In another bowl or stand mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Then add the eggs, milk and vanilla.
4. Gradually pour the wet ingredients into dry ingredients bowl and gently whisk until just incorporated. Do not overmix.
5. In a small bowl, toss diced blueberries with tablespoon of flour to coat. This helps keep the blueberries from sinking. Add the blueberries to batter and gently mix into batter.
6. Next, make the crumb topping. In a medium bowl, pour in flour and brown sugar. Stir ingredients together. The crumb topping will be wet, like cookie dough. Simply use a spoon to take off little chunks and place on top of the muffin batter before baking.
7. Pour in melted butter and stir ingredients together. Mixture will look kind of like cookie dough.
8. Then add the batter into the muffin pan cavities, about ¾ of the way full.
9. Add crumble topping on top of batter. Use a spoon to take off small chunks and place on the top of each muffin. If you like, you can add more blueberries on top too.
10. Bake for 18-20 minutes until muffin springs back when touched. Let cool completely.

Muffins are hands-down one of my favorite things to make. They can feed our family for a few days, but I also I love to freeze muffins to heat up for a quick breakfast or snack. Check out these tips for storing and freezing muffins.

More Muffin Recipes

Here's something else I love about this crumb topping. You can add it to just about any muffin recipe, but it lends itself especially well to fruity muffins!

Try it in one of these recipes with fresh summer fruits:

• Lemon Blueberry Muffins with streusel topping would have a lovely sweet-tart flavor that with extra crispness.
• Strawberry Muffins with crumb topping are another fruity breakfast muffin.
• Blueberry Banana Muffins with a crumb topping would also be fantastic with some of that tropical banana flavor!

But it doesn't have to stop there. Streusel is so good in fall recipes like Caramel Apple Crumble Muffins.

Similarly, these Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Muffins would be delicious with an extra crunchy cinnamon sugar topping!

Let me know if you end up trying this recipe! Please rate this recipe (hopefully 5 stars!) and leave a comment below to tell me how it goes.