Lowered-calorie Blueberry Muffins

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter, chilled,cut into sm pieces
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup 2% low-fat milk
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries or 1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 combine first 3 ingredients-then cut in the 3t butter with a pastry blender or knives cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• 3 put 1 c sugar and 1/3 c butter in bowl and beat w.
• 4 mixer at high speed til blended; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• 5 combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6 add flour mix and milk to butter mix, alternating; start and end with the flour mix.
• 7 fold in berries and chilled butter mix.
• 8 spoon into 18 sprayed muffin cups (i used 12 regular and 12 mini muffin cups).
• 9 bake@ 400 for 18 min or til they spring back when touched in the center (a little less time for minis).
• 10 cool on wire rack in pans 5 min, then turn out onto wire rack to cool.