Fluffy Blueberry Muffin Recipe (Shortcut Blueberry Muffin with a Mix)

Learn how to make these blueberry muffins with this easy-to-follow fluffy blueberry muffin recipe using a mix. Check out our Krusteaz blueberry muffin mix hacks for how to make blueberry muffin mix better.

Shortcut Blueberry Muffin Recipe

I love a good shortcut recipe. I’m not above using a cake mix or boxed muffin mix any day of the week. This shortcut blueberry muffin recipe takes a box of Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix and doctors it up to form the most amazing muffins ever. Nobody would ever guess that these used a muffin mix to start.

These are so delicious that you could eat them for breakfast, dessert or a midday snack. I love them with my morning coffee or a large glass of cold milk in the afternoon.

Fluffy Blueberry Muffin Recipe

My friend Katy makes these fluffy blueberry muffins on a regular basis, and one day while I was there, she shared with my oldest daughter who just so happens to be a blueberry muffin fanatic. Let me tell you, she absolutely fell in love with them, and for good reason.

These might be the fluffiest blueberry muffins I’ve ever had. The inside is moist and tender, and the lemon glaze is the icing on the cake. In all honesty, you could skip the glaze, and they would still be a homerun.

Ingredients

• Krusteaz blueberry muffin mix
• Water
• Vegetable Oil
• Sour Cream
• Lemon Juice, divided
• Lemon Zest, divided
• Large Eggs, room temperature
• Vanilla Extract
• Fresh Blueberries
• Powdered Sugar (optional)

How can I make boxed muffin mix better?

• Add fresh berries
• Fresh lemon juice and zest
• Replace half of the water with sour cream or Greek yogurt.
• Make bigger bakery style muffins.
• Drizzle with a homemade glaze.
• Whisk in your favorite type of chopped nuts to the mixture!
• Sprinkle a crumb topping over top before baking.
• Based on your favorite flavor, add a teaspoon of extract (maple, almond, vanilla, lemon, etc.).

How to doctor up krusteaz blueberry muffin mix?

Step by Step Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare muffin tins by lining with cupcake liners or spraying with nonstick cooking spray
2. In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, combine room temp eggs, water, sour cream, vegetable oil, lemon zest, lemon juice and dry Krusteaz mix until well combined. Scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula.
3. Fold in fresh blueberries. If desired, drain and rinse can of wild blueberries included in the mix, and add those too.
4. Scoop into prepared muffin tins. Make 10-11 muffins instead of 12 to make a larger blueberry muffin recipe.
5. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Let cook on a wire rack for 10 – 15 minutes before taking a knife around the edges of the muffin pan to loosen. Remove from the pan, and continue to let cool.
7. Once cooled, prepare the lemon glazed if desired by mixing powdered sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest. Drizzle over cooled fluffy blueberry muffins.

Storage Instructions

Let the leftovers cool completely. Transfer to an airtight container, and store at room temperature.

For the full ingredient amounts and recipe steps for blueberry muffins using a mix, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Recipe FAQs for Shortcut Blueberry Muffins

• Starting with room temperature eggs allows all the ingredients to mix together better, helping the batter to rise and give a fluffy texture.
• If desired, do not use the wild blueberries that come with the mix. In this case, use 2 cups of fresh blueberries (1 pint). I don’t like to waste so I use 1 1/2 cups of fresh blueberries plus the included wild blueberries. Be sure to rinse and drain the canned blueberries well before adding to the muffin batter.
• Zest the lemon before juicing. Lemon juice and lemon zest are needed for the muffins and the glaze.
• Use paper liners or silicone liners, if desired.
• The lemon glaze is optional, but highly recommended.
• To get larger bakery style blueberry muffins, divide the batter in the muffin tins evenly between 10 or 11 muffins instead of 12.

Recipe Variations

• Make these a mixed berry muffin recipe or a blackberry muffin recipe by using blackberries or raspberries instead of blueberries or a combination of berries.
• Use frozen berries in the recipe, if desired. After grabbing them from the freezer, thaw the frozen blueberries, rinse well, and then pat dry with a paper towel before using. Stir them gently into the batter.
• Replace fresh lemon juice and zest with 1 teaspoon of lemon extract.
• Use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream.
• Omit the glaze completely, if desired.
• Add a streusel topping or crumb topping before baking.
• Use orange zest and orange juice instead of lemon.
• Add chopped nuts such as walnuts, pecans of almonds.

Can you add blueberries to muffin mix?

If you are wanting to jazz up a blueberry muffin mix, then one good way to instantly make them better is to add fresh berries. Some box muffin mixes contain little cans of wild blueberries. Go ahead and add those in addition to fresh berries; there’s no reason to waste the ones included in the mix.

How to make box muffins more moist?

Replace half of the water in the recipe with either sour cream or plain, Greek yogurt to get a moist muffin.

Kitchen Utensils and Pantry Staples for Fluffy Blueberry Muffin Recipe

• Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix
• Vanilla Extract
• Vegetable Oil
• Powdered Sugar
• Muffin Tin
• Nonstick Cooking Spray
• Muffin Scoop
• Stand Mixer

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How to make blueberry muffin mix taste homemade?

Trying to pass off a boxed blueberry muffin as homemade. No worries, your secret is safe with me. Try replacing half of the water with sour cream or yogurt, add fresh blueberry muffins, a teaspoon of vanilla, a teaspoon of lemon zest and a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. Then, to really jazz them up, make a simple glaze with powdered sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice. Next thing you know, people will be requesting your “from scratch” blueberry muffin recipe.

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