Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins

I feel the need to be fully transparent before I post yet another breakfast recipe for you to enjoy.  I share a lot of delicious muffin, biscotti and egg recipes with you but the truth is that I hardly ever make breakfast for myself.🥞🧇🫣  Most mornings I grab a granola bar as fuel and I save the fancy breakfast preparations for mornings when we have overnight guests. 😬  Maybe I need to start thinking about turning our house into a bed and breakfast so we can eat a proper breakfast more often.🤣  Emphasis on the breakfast part.😂
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I actually really enjoy breakfast food.  Who doesn't?  There's something wonderfully comforting about starting my day with a stack of pancakes, a fluffy Belgian waffle, a perfectly cooked egg, creamy avocado spread on a thick slice of multigrain toast, a yogurt parfait or one of the endless pastry options that I crave in the morning.😋🥐 🍳🥞🧇🥓🥑  Just listing all my favorite breakfast food now has me wondering why I'm not making those things every morning.  I have lots of excuses but no answer.🤷🏻‍♀️  ​

I actually enjoy making breakfast food almost as much as I like eating it.  Maybe it's because I feel less rushed when I'm making omelettes or french toast in the morning than when I'm scrambling to get a meal on the table by six.😅 There's something uniquely satisfying about making homemade muffins in the morning and then sitting down to start my day with the warm, straight from the oven, still steaming muffin.😋  Thank goodness we're going to be filling up the bedrooms in our house over the Thanksgiving holiday so I have an excuse to make all my favorite breakfast treats.😂  

Homemade muffins are what I would call a high reward - low effort breakfast food.  They're delicious, they look fancy and elegant but they're surprisingly simple to make.  You won't even need a mixer to whip up a batch of these Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins.  Add these to your next breakfast or brunch buffet and you might be surprised at the number of people that gobble them up who aren't on a gluten free diet.😅
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I use a homemade gluten free flour blend but you can substitute your favorite brand.  Also frozen blueberries work just as well as fresh ones in this recipe so don't be afraid to make these even though it isn't blueberry season.  

Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins
Crumble Topping
4 Tablespoons butter, melted
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup gluten free flour blend 
¼ teaspoon xanthan gum 
⅛ teaspoon salt

Muffins
3 eggs, room temperature
¾ cup buttermilk, room temperature
8 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups gluten free flour blend 
1 teaspoon xanthan gum 
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
​1 cup blueberries

Combine gluten free flour, xantham gum, salt and brown sugar for topping.

Stir in melted butter.  Crumble with fingers and refrigerate.  

Combine gluten free flour, xantham gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar for muffin batter.

Whisk together melted butter, eggs, milk and vanilla. 

Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until well blended. 

Stir in fresh or frozen blueberries. 

Scoop batter into paper lined muffin tins. 

Sprinkle crumb topping evenly over the top of muffins.   

Bake 30 minutes at 350.  

Ciao!

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