Blueberry Muffins

Summer means fresh berries, and it's almost berry picking season here.  I love baking with berries.  Don't get me wrong, I love baking with chocolate, too, but nothing says summer like berries.  WD has his math final today, and it's important that he start the day off well., so I made some blueberry muffins for breakfast.

I started by washing and picking through my blueberries.  I'm all for a little crunch, but nobody wants to find a stem in their muffin.

I whisked together 2/3 cups brown rice flour, 2/3 cup sorghum flour, 2/3 cup coconut flour, 1/2 cup tapioca flour, 1/2 cup potato starch, 2 tsps baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt.

In my stand mixer, I beat together1/2 cup vegetable shortening, 1/2 cup coconut oil, 2/3 cup turbinado sugar, 1/3 cup agave nectar, 3 eggs, 1 1/4 cup almond milk, 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice, and the zest of one lemon.

I added the dry ingredients to the wet, and beat until smooth.  One of the great things about working with gluten-free flours is that you don't have to worry about overworking the batter.  This batter can be beat well, and your muffins will not be tough.

I folded in my washed blueberries.  I used about 1 1/2 cups.  (I packaged up some of the original pint for SB's lunch.)

I lined my muffin tin with paper liners.  Ignore the snowmen, they were all I had in the house.

I like to use an icecream scoop for uniform muffins, but you can use a spoon.

Fill the liners.

I like a streusel topping, so I quickly made some using my mini chopper.  I whirred together 1/3 cup blanched almonds, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 3 tbsps sweet rice flour, and 1 tbsp vegetable shortening.

I put a heaping teaspoon of the topping on each muffin, and baked them at 350 for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick test came out clean.

These are so good still warm out of the oven.  I made these dairy free to share with a friend who has dairy sensitivities, but feel free to substitute butter for the shortening and coconut oil.

Thanks for popping in and baking with me.  I'm sharing these at Gluten-Free Homemaker's Gluten-Free Wednesdays.