Adding sweet cornmeal streusel to the top of blueberry muffins gives an earthy but tasty crunch for a unique breakfast ready in 30 minutes.
Jump to RecipeWe’ve been doing our family “Big Breakfast Sunday” for so long now, I’ve had to come up with some creative recipes to try out something new. One of the boys mentioned blueberry muffins, and I had seen a recipe in a magazine for a cornmeal streusel. I’ve made a few meals with a streusel, but nothing with cornmeal before.
To tie the flavors together, I also added cornmeal to the muffin mixture. The cornmeal adds an earthy, almost sweet taste to the muffins. For the longest time, I thought the only thing to do with cornmeal was to make cornbread. But then, I used them in a cookie recipe that makes shortcakes with cornmeal.
Blueberry Muffins Step by Step
Ingredients
Muffins
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 5 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
Streusel Topping
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2 tbsp yellow cornmeal
Preparation
Muffins
Preheat the oven to 425F and grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the baking powder, salt, flour, and cornmeal.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and sugar until well combined.
Slowly pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until just combined.
Fold in the melted butter and blueberries.
Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 of the way full.
Streusel
In a small mixing bowl, stir the sugar, butter, flour, and cornmeal until it is crumbly.
Gently top each muffin with about 1-2 tbsp of the cornmeal streusel.
Bake the blueberry muffins for about 18-20 minutes, until the streusel is browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Leftovers
Cover any leftover blueberry muffins and keep at room temperature or refrigerate. They will last up to 2 days on the counter and up to 4 if refrigerated.
Recipe
Originally Published On: July 14, 2021
Last Updated On: July 31, 2023
Blueberry Muffins with Cornmeal Streusel
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 5 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2 tbsp yellow cornmeal
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F and grease a 12-cup muffin pan
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the baking powder, salt, flour, and cornmeal
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and sugar until well combined
- Slowly pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until just combined
- Fold in the melted butter and blueberries
- Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 of the way full
- In a small mixing bowl, stir the sugar, butter, flour, and cornmeal until it is crumbly
- Gently top each muffin with about 1-2 tbsp of the cornmeal streusel
- Bake the blueberry muffins for about 18-20 minutes, until the streusel is browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Blueberry Muffins with Cornmeal Streusel FAQs
Yes, they just might sink to the bottom of the muffins more than frozen would, and they are more likely to burst while cooking.
Src: https://www.blueberrycouncil.org/blueberry-cooking-tips/cooking-with-frozen-blueberries/#:~:text=Frozen%20blueberries%20can%20be%20preferential,always%20replace%20fresh%20with%20frozen.
No, you can’t make that substitution. The cornbread mix is cornmeal that also has other ingredients such as salt, baking powder, and flour. For these muffins, you need to purchase cornmeal.
Typically, I find cornmeal on the baking aisle at our local grocery store. It’s near the flour and sugar.
I love love love making muffins! I am always looking for new recipes to spice things up! This is perfect!
We love them, too. So easy for breakfast and so many options!
I am loving the addition of cornmeal to these! They look delicious. 🙂
It adds such a unique but yummy flavor 🙂
These are perfect for breakfast tomorrow morning and I know these are going to be a hit here! My kids are so excited to help me! Can’t wait.
I love cooking with the kids in the kitchen. It’s great time together and they feel so proud of the food they make.
Yeah, kids are great at making things now. And they’re really proud of themselves
We love this for a quick and yummy breakfast on the go!
Having something ready to walk out the door on those busy mornings makes things so much easier.
I love Blueberry Muffins and these were delicious – the crumble is perfect!
Thanks! We really like the taste it adds to a simple blueberry muffin.
Enjoyed these for breakfast this morning and started my day off right! Easy, moist and completely delicious! Loved every bite!
Perfect way to start the day!
Those look absolutely amazing! I have never seen cornmeal streusel before. I have to try this!
The recip is looking really mouth watering🤤 I will definitely check it out. Thanks for sharing
I’d love to start some creative recipes too and try out something new. Thanks for sharing this
Such a great recipe here. I really want to master this! The first time, I think I put too much butter
This is such a really great recipe, it looks really delicious! I would love to try this one!
This is such a really great recipe, so yummy and easy to do! I would love to try this one!
Thought about putting corn meal as the streusel on a muffin but it’s really a great idea. I’m excited to give it a try.
Wow! This looks delicious. Very timely since I have the ingredients available. Would love to try making these tomorrow with my daughter. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Love to taste this kind of muffins. And the recipe are well detailed. Love it
Being based in Northern Germany, I love ‘Streusel’ – however, I’ve never tried them made with cornmeal – a very interesting variation of a classic 😉
Love the flavor combination here. I will be making these muffins soon for my family. Thanks for sharing.
Look delicious! I feel like I can smell them too. Also, I love the step by step instructions.