Scone-top Blueberry Muffins

Scone-top Blueberry Muffins
#7 of the treat yo' self challenge
pastry chapter (?)

Rose's school switched to a four-day week this year, so she and Mike get to hang out together every Friday (not that I'm jealous or anything!). When I left for work yesterday, I asked them to pick out a recipe or two to try this weekend and let me know if there were any special ingredients I needed to pick up before leaving town. A few hours and a handful of texts later, we had a plan!

This is Mike's selection. (Rose's selection will be coming later this weekend!) He loves blueberry muffins and he loves scones, so I should have known he would choose this one! We already had a bag of blueberries in the freezer, as well as some leftover buttermilk in the fridge, so the only other non-standard ingredient we needed was the zest of a lemon. (Side note: Did you know you can freeze lemon zest? I'm going to have start doing that when I juice a lemon, so I'll always have zest on hand in the freezer!)

This was another recipe where I was introduced to a new technique. Usually I use my KitchenAid for EVERYTHING that I don't do by hand, but this one called for the use of a food processor to completely obliterate the butter into the dry ingredients. Since I couldn't do that by hand or in my trusty stand mixer, I had to pull out ye ol' Cuisinart from the back pantry.  I know some people love their food processors, but for some reason I've always avoided them. I was probably afraid of the sharp blades as a kid, and that fear just lingered irrationally into adulthood. So I'm not sure if the Cuisinart was completely necessary this time, but I did follow the recipe's technique to a T, just to be on the safe side!

Verdict:  The three of us all had different responses to this one. Rose happened to get one absolutely loaded with blueberries, so she said it was great except "too blueberry-y." I thought it tasted pretty good for a blueberry muffin, but blueberry muffins just aren't what I'd pick from a muffin line-up. (Give me banana with chocolate chips any day!) Mike, on the other hand, said "Wow! This one is definitely a keeper!" So I guess if you like blueberry muffins then you'll love this recipe :)