Super Moist Blueberry Corn Muffins with Whipped Maple Butter {Vegan}

A very moist, fluffy, and slightly sweet cornbread dotted with blueberries and shmeared with a whipped maple butter.

Blueberry picking on a dewy, summer morning is so peaceful.

The air is quiet – only the sounds of birds singing and slippery shoes padding around the fields. Ripe berries just fall off into your hands with a gentle tug, and tall bushes allow you to stand upright and collect.

In my opinion, there are two schools of cornbread thought. You have the serious cornbreaders who prefer a dense, slightly-dry, and completely unsweetened square along with their chilli. In this group it’s a major faux pas to add sweeteners to cornbread. But then you have those of us, like myself, who prefer our cornbread to be almost like a corn-cake. It has to be ultra-fluffy, slightly-sweet, and super moist.

Super Moist Blueberry Corn Muffins with Whipped Maple Butter {Vegan}

Yields 18

A very moist, fluffy, and slightly sweet cornbread dotted with blueberries and shmeared with a whipped maple butter.

Ingredients

2 cup Unsweetened Plain Almond Milk*

2 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar

1 1/2 cups Cornmeal

1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour plus 1 teaspoon, divided

2 teaspoons Cornstarch

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt

2/3 cup Vegetable Oil

2/3 cup Sugar

1 1/2 cups Frozen Blueberries**

Instructions

Preheat the over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a large mixing bowl whisk together almond milk and cider vinegar. Let stand.

In a medium mixing bowl sift together cornmeal, 1 1/2 cups flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add the oil and sugar to the almond milk mixture. Whisk very briskly until the mixture is frothy, then immediately pour the dry ingredients in and mix until no large lumps remain. Some small lumps are fine.

In the dry ingredients bowl toss together the blueberries and 1 teaspoon flour. Add to the batter and mix just until incorporated.

Fill the cupcake liners almost to the top, as cornbread does not rise much.

Bake on the middle rack for 28-30 minutes.

Remove pan from the oven and let stand for just a minute or two before removing the muffins from the pan and letting them cool on a cooling rack.

Serve warm with whipped maple butter (recipe below).

Whipped Maple Butter

1/2 cup (1 stick) Salted Vegan Butter, softened

3 Tablespoons Pure Maple Syrup

With an electric mixer, beat butter until fluffy and pale in color.

Add the maple syrup and mix until completely combined.

Store in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.

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