This week’s SMS was chosen by Chaya of My Sweet and Savory: blueberry muffins with pecan crumble! Generally, I pride myself on getting my SMS post written before I go to bed on Saturday night, but this week I was so busy prepping for our Mother’s Day brunch that I just didn’t get to it. It worked out well in the end, though, since I served these muffins as part of the brunch and can now comment on how they were. Had I written my post last night I would only have been able to comment on their appearance – mainly because I scaled this recipe WAY back to only make 3 muffins and thus had to save all of them for today. I prepared two types of scones to go with the muffins and since there were only 6 of us for brunch, making any more than 3 muffins would have resulted in a ton of leftovers!
The Sweet Melissa Sundays group has actually made a few other muffins already which use this recipe as their base – the first time wasn’t entirely successful but the second attempt was much better. What I’ve learned is that the muffins turn out much less dense if I cut back on the flour just a bit and also add slightly more liquid (depending on the juiciness of the fruit). I didn’t take precise measurements to share this time – it was more a matter of judging the consistency of the batter and adjusting accordingly (I was more precise last time if you want some guidance). Another reason for the lack of exact measurements – scaling the recipe back as much as I did this week required some creative math and I had to estimate some of the measurements because they were so small (.089 cups and 1/32 teaspoon for example!). I substituted lemon zest for orange zest but otherwise didn’t swap any of the ingredients. I contemplated skipping the pecan crumble topping because I was short on time, but didn’t in the end because I remembered how fantastic the gingersnap crumble was when we made it. My muffins baked in about 1/2-2/3 of the time specified by the recipe which I’m sure was primarily due to the fact that there were only 3 of them in the oven.
Fortunately, I could tell the muffins weren’t dense when I pulled them from the oven yesterday. The base felt tender and light, so that was a good sign! I didn’t try one of the muffins today but Shane’s parents split one and really enjoyed it! I always feel a little bad when I make something and then ask others to describe their thoughts in detail when they try it so I can relay the information back for the blog, so today I didn’t 🙂 Thanks to Chaya for hosting this week’s selection! The muffins were a nice addition to our brunch! You can find the recipe on her blog or in The Sweet Melissa Baking Book.
They look really great, and I love your wrappers, just perfect for those. I always feel bad having others describe the chocolate treats, so I know what you mean. They are always HAPPY to do so, however. I think I would really like these muffins.
Your muffins look great… makes me want to go whip up another batch!
Your muffins look beautiful and I have to say I am really impressed with your math skills, I would have been part way through and decided that was too many number so juggle 🙂
They looks good! I love that you didn’t try them…After spending some time baking certain things I never want to try them either! I much prefer the process.
Your muffins look beautiful. A nice addition to brunch. I added a little more cream and a little sour cream to these. It did make them lighter and less dense.
Love crumble on muffins. Looks like this one was just right. They look so tasty. Must have been good.
Glad these were a hit at your brunch! I thought they were great. Love your muffin liners!
They look delicious and had to smile at the thought of making JUST enough batter for three!
about that math … yum + yummy = gobble ’em up – love that crumble topping
Your photos are awesome (a word I despise but it fits so well) They look almost too good to eat.
I love your crumble.
Thanks for baking with me, this week.
They look delicious. Love the wrappers!
You seriously utilized your math skills in order to make these! Impressive.
They look delicious. I love a good blueberry muffin.
Looks great but was hoping to see some hot stream floating above. Must be hard to get the right softness and measurement with only 3 small muffins.
I love your photos! Love the crumble topping!
Looks great! I love the wrappers by the way, they are so pretty!
I made half of a recipe, so there weren’t too many complicated numbers. Although…I did end up with 8 muffins instead of 6. I wonder how that happened.
You’re so smart! I would end up making a ton of food (I always worry there won’t be enough, then have way too much leftover). I love your cupcake liners and will try the pear muffins one day (mostly because of your raves for the crumble). I think if my math had been more precise with these they would have turned out better, but that’s part of the fun, isn’t it?
I love that you were patient enough to make calculations for just 3 muffins. When I scale a recipe back, I’m never dedicated enough to use measurements that don’t fit in my pre-existing cups 🙂
The muffins look great! Hope your brunch went well overall!
Hi Tracey!
BEAUTIFUL muffins- even if there were only three of them! I commend you for being brave enough to scale the recipe back so drastically (that was some seriously funky math)! I don’t even have the courage to cut a recipe in half if it has an odd number of eggs, haha! I’m so glad that they were well received at your brunch. I’m sure with your changes they were super delicious!
Hope you’re doing well and having a great week. Look forward to talking with you again soon!
<3,
Joy
These muffins look so good! I would love to have some of these for breakfast 🙂
These look delicious, the crumble on top is perfect! I love the muffin papers you used, too!
your muffins look rustically delicious.
Yet another book I just bought and need to bake something from – these look heavenly! Interesting about the flour ratio – I’ll mark that for this recipe. I love crumble toppings -but sometimes they fall right into the cake or muffin. These look perfect!