Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins.

As part of Hip2Save's Holiday Challenge I am baking 3 different breakfast type foods.
The first of the 3 is the Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins. I found the recipe here.

Ingredients

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• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature (I used 12 tablespoons apple sauce instead)
  
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature ( I used organic Large Eggs)
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  
• 8 ounces (about 1 cup)sour cream (I used non-fat sour cream)
  
• 1/4 cup milk (I used non-fat milk)
  
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used whole wheat flour)
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 half-pints fresh blueberries, picked through for stems (I cheated and used canned blueberries, drained them, and then used them)
  

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place 16 paper liners in muffin pans.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. (again, I used applesauce instead of butter)

With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla, sour cream, and milk.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed add the flour mixture to the batter and beat until just mixed.

Fold in the blueberries with a spatula

and be sure the batter is completely mixed.

(Instead of scooping batter into cups, I put it into a Large ziplock bag, snipped 1 corner and used that to fill the many different cups)

Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pans, filling each cup just over the top,

I made 12 cupcake size muffins, 8 mini loafs (star shaped), and 12 mini muffins.

and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the muffins are lightly browned on top and a cake tester comes out clean.

The only difference I can see between using butter vs apple sauce, is the rounded top on the muffins. These came out very flat, but they are (in my opinion) much more moist with apple sauce, not to mention less than 100 calories per large muffin or star loaf.

I had to HAD TO try one...

So yummy!!!

Happy Baking!

P.S. Don't judge the room of no furniture. lol. We moved from a 580 sq ft. apartment, to a 1400 sq ft house. We just ran out of furniture.