Enjoy this Summer-meets-Fall recipe for Blueberry Cornbread Muffins.
Moist, sweet and bursting with fresh blueberries, these babies are a real treat to bite into when warm and slathered with a little butter.
Blueberry Cornbread Muffins
Makes 16 muffins.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup natural applesauce
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6oz fresh blueberries, rinsed & patted dry
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together melted butter, applesauce, sugar and eggs until smooth. Whisk in buttermilk.
2. In a separate bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients in two batches, stirring until just incorporated after each batch. Gently fold in blueberries.
3. Fill paper-lined muffin tins 3/4 full, then bake for 12-15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
oh my gosh those muffins look to die for!
Yum! They look great. I love to bake with fresh fruit!
ah yum! looks SO good. and happy birthday to Ben’s little bro!
These muffins look wonderful!
YUM on the muffins! I definitely have to try those.
those muffins look AMAZING!
mmmm…I love cornbread with anything sweet. These sound great! Gosh, 21 seems so long ago..yikes!
Happy Birthday to him! My birthday is on the 22nd and I’ll be turning 22, ha. Delicious looking muffins!
I just turned 21! Ben’s brother is a cuuuutie. Hook it up
Happy Birthday to Ben’s brother! 21 is a fun age! Those blueberry muffins look amazing! Those are my favorite type of muffin!
Ahh yay, happy birthday to him! I turn 21 on Saturday. Haha, Quinn
(but he is!)
Those muffins look amazing! I have to find some use for raspberries, got some in the fridge and they’re on their way ‘out’.. would muffins work? :\
Totally!
So, I might have made boxed corn muffins last night. Since I didn’t have eggs, I used mayo. I was craving cornbread…what’s a girl to do? Lord help me.
Happy 21st to Ben’s bro!
Those blueberry cornbread muffins look amazing!!! Happy 21st Ben’s brother.
i made some blueberry polenta muffintops (in my donut pan actually!) a few weeks ago and we LOVED them. recipe not posted yet but it was a winner–similar to these!
Hope you all have fun with the birthday boy! These muffins look so good… I love blueberies… I love cornbread… I know i’d love em together!
Ughhhh yes. Gimme dat cornbread.
when you say “natural applesauce,” is that sweetened or no?
Unsweetened!
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Yum! You basically combined two of my favorite muffins! These look fantastic!
Bakery shop perfect
I would seriously pay good money for one of these little yummies! New to your blog and will definitely be visiting regularly from now on, its lovely 
Made these today – very good! Not too sweet, just perfect. My boys like them; this will be a keeper.
These are super-delish — love the texture (moist, unlike a lot of cornbread) and the creamy taste!