Blue Berry Muffins


I picked and froze a lot of blueberries this year. I absolutely love baking with them and just eating them frozen. Now I have tried a lot of blue berry muffin recipes, but I never found the “perfect” one.
I finally perfected one and is amazing!! They are moist and delicious. I promise you, if you try these, you will not be disappointed.

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Ingredients
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• Chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.

Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder.

Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Add 1 tsp of vanilla. Fold in blueberries.

Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with chopped walnuts and the crumb topping mixture.

To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.

Bake for 20-23 or until a toothpick comes out clean.



Russian "Okroshka" (Cold Summer Soup)


This Soup is perfect for those hot summer days, serve with a baguette to soak up all the goodness.

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-2 medium potatoes cooked, cooled and cubed
-6 hard boiled eggs, cooked, cooled and chopped
-2 cups of chopped Radishes
-2 cups of chopped English cucumber
-1cup of chopped green onions
-1/4 cup chopped Dill
-1 quart reduced fat butter milk
-1 cup cold water
-3/4 cup of sour cream
-salt and pepper to taste


Basically, you just throw all of the listed above into a large mixing bowl and mix it, add the salt and pepper to your taste.

And serve Viola!

Super Easy with no cooking on a hot summer day.