Name: Halloween Blueberry Mummy Muffins
Prep time: 105 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh blueberries; Nonstick cooking spray; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note); 1 cup whole wheat flour (see Cook's Note); 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp apple pie spice; 2 tsp kosher salt; 1 ¼ cups buttermilk; 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest and 2 tsp lemon juice, from 1 lemon; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 large egg plus 3 large egg yolks, beaten to blend; 2 ounce cream cheese, at room temperature; 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 24 blueberries (about 1 cup); 24 small candy eyes

Prep Time

1h 45 min

Yields

12 servings

Packed with blueberries and loaded with cream cheese frosting, these mummy muffins are the perfect Halloween party treat.

ingredients

Muffins

cups fresh blueberries

Nonstick cooking spray

1 ½

cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note)

cup whole wheat flour (see Cook's Note)

cup granulated sugar

2 ½

tsp baking powder

tsp apple pie spice

tsp kosher salt

1 ¼

cups buttermilk

tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

tsp finely grated lemon zest and 2 tsp lemon juice, from 1 lemon

tsp vanilla extract

large egg plus 3 large egg yolks, beaten to blend

Frosting

ounce cream cheese, at room temperature

tbsp (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

cups confectioners' sugar

Eyes

blueberries (about 1 cup)

small candy eyes

Ingredient Substitution Guide

directions

Notes

Special equipment: a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch flat tip. When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the excess.

Step 1

Position a rack in center of the oven and preheat to 425°F. Crush the blueberries in a medium bowl with a potato masher or fork until completely smashed. Lightly coat the cups of a standard 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.

Step 2

Whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, apple pie spice and salt in a large bowl.

Step 3

Add the buttermilk, butter, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract and egg and yolk mixture to the blueberry mixture and stir until combined and creamy. Gently fold the blueberry-egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it’s ok if there are some lumps). Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.

Step 4

Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the muffins and let cool completely on the rack.

Step 5

Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until light and creamy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add in confectioners’ sugar. Once all the sugar has been added, increase the speed to high and continue to beat until stiff and creamy, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch flat tip.

Step 6

Starting from the top of a cooled muffin, leaving a small space for the eyes, pipe frosting from left to right forming crisscrossing ribbons that mimic the wrapping of a mummy. Pipe a small amount of frosting on the back of 2 blueberries and two candy eyes. Place the blueberries, frosting side down, onto the unfrosted part of the muffin. Top each blueberry with eyes. Repeat with remaining frosting, muffins, blueberries and eyes.

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