If you don’t consider yourself to be a baker, think again! These air fryer blueberry muffins will make you feel like a baking wizard, and the whole family will be impressed too!
Recipe Overview
These Air fryer blueberry muffins are light and fluffy, and great for a breakfast treat or as a quick bite at any time of day.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you can produce healthy and hearty breakfast and brunch foods in your air fryer, such as:
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And if you have some of that crescent roll dough left over, why not make some Air Fryer Sausage Skewers, perfect for dipping!
List of ingredients
- All-purpose flour – Flour is the base ingredient of the muffins
- Baking Powder – Baking powder makes the muffins rise
- Baking Soda – This also helps with the rising
- Salt – Brings out the flavor of everything
- Unsalted Butter – Butter is the fat content that helps bind the other ingredients
- Sugar – We all need a little sweetness!
- Eggs – Eggs add flavor and also help bind the ingredients
- Milk – Like eggs and butter, milk helps to bind the ingredients and adds moisture
- Vanilla – Vanilla adds a beautiful flavor to the muffins
- Blueberries – Frozen or fresh, blueberries are a tasty, healthy fruit variety
- Decorating Sugar – Gives a little sparkle and crunch to the top of your muffins
What to Serve With These Blueberry Muffins
These muffins can be served on their own as an on-the-go breakfast or as a tasty quick bite at any time of the day. However, you can also enjoy them with other breakfast foods.
Breakfast wouldn’t be breakfast without toast, and the convenience of throwing bread into the air fryer and making Air Fryer Toast is a real winner.
Frozen Waffles in Air Fryer are so quick and easy and dripping with maple syrup, they are a burst of pure sweetness to set you up for the day.
A bowl of Bananas and Cream Oatmeal will round off your simple, fast, and tasty breakfast and the whole family will be set for the day!
Storing leftover muffins
The muffins can be stored in an airtight bag or container in the fridge for 1-2 days. You should warm them for a couple of minutes in the air fryer before serving. They can also be frozen. Reheat from frozen in the air fryer for 3-4 minutes, or until completely defrosted.
Can I use paper muffin cups in the air fryer?
If the paper muffin cups are oven-safe, they can be used to line a ramekin or metal muffin mold. It is not advisable to use paper muffin cups on their own.
Can I use other fruit for this muffin recipe?
Yes, you can! Any fruit, such as raspberries, strawberries, diced apples, etc. can be used. As with the blueberries, the fresh fruit should be very ripe.
Recipe Tips
Top Tip: Use a cocktail stick to check your muffins are done. They can be deceiving if they are looking nicely browned on top, the check will make sure they are fully cooked throughout. If they are not, cook for another 1-2 minutes.
Top Tip: Be sure not to miss the step of adding a few blueberries on top of each muffin before cooking. It adds to the look of the muffins, giving them a ‘bursting with blueberries’ appearance.
Pro Tip: This recipe can be made in the air fryer unit with a basket or the air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use the middle rack and select the “Air Fry” function.
Pro Tip: Check your food as it cooks. Each air fryer runs a bit differently. Sometimes airfrying is a trial and error process. Check your food as it cooks to learn your air fryer better! When cooking a new recipe or food items be sure to check your food often to help avoid over/under cooking.
Air Fryer Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tspn baking powder
- 1 1/4 tspn baking soda
- 1/2 tspn salt
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter Melted and cooled
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tspn vanilla
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 tbsp coarse decorating sugar
Instructions
- Mix the sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and flour in a large bowl.
- Mix the melted butter with the milk, eggs and vanilla.
- Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until a smooth batter forms.
- Once batter forms, fold in 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries.
- Scoop the batter into jumbo muffin liners, and fill 2/3 of the line.Top the batter with a few loose berries from the remaining berries. Press into the batter slightly.Sprinkle batter with a pinch of decorating sugar.Place muffins in the air fryer basket and cook at 375°C/190°C for 8 minutes, then reduce heat to 250°C/120°C for 17 minutes.
- Make sure muffins are fully cooked using a toothpick pierced in the center of the muffin. If the toothpick has uncooked batter when removed, continue to cook 1 minute at a time until fully cooked.Let muffins cool on a rack before removing them from liners.
