Happy Friday! This week has gone by quickly and has been kinda busy for me even though it’s summer! I’m hoping next week will be a little more low key. Now that I am in my second trimester, I feel as though I have a little more energy and motivation. Since I haven’t done a recipe post in a while I thought that it was about time for me to get into the kitchen. A lot of times I use the summer as a time to try new recipes and get new meals together.
The other day I had a random idea about filling a blueberry muffin with Lemon Curd. I’m not sure about you but I could eat a jar of that stuff! The muffins came out perfect! Here is the recipe below should you want to try them over the weekend.
**Lemon Curd Filled Blueberry Muffins:**
2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour (I used 2 cups of whole wheat and 1/2 cup of white.)
1 cup of sugar
1 tbsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. of Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. of Salt
1 cup of Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 Eggs at room temp
1/2 cup of Butter
1 tbsp. of Lemon Juice
1 1/2 cups of Blueberries
Streusel Topping:
1/4 cup of Sugar
1/8 tsp. Cinnamon
2 tbsp. flour
2 tbsp. butter
Lemon Curd
Mix together your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Next in a separate mixing bowl mix together your wet ingredients making sure they are at room temperature. Combine wet mixture together with the dry ingredients. Fold in blueberries. Next mix together your streusel topping.
Bake the muffins with the streusel topping at 425 for 5 minutes and then lower the heat to 375 for 15 minutes. When you take the muffins out there are various ways you can fill them. I used a basting syringe because it was all I had. I really wanted to buy a **[cupcake plunger](http://video.bedbathandbeyond.com/v/20268/cupcake-plunger-chicago-metallic-tools-pastry-baking/)** to take out the middle and then fill it but Bed Bath and Beyond was out. The syringe worked but was a little more time consuming. Next time I will definitely use the cupcake plunger.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I did! Have a great Friday and weekend! Stay tuned for a fabulous giveaway that will be on the blog Sunday!
