Gf Bakery Style Blackberry Lime Muffins
PLEASE NOTE: There are TWO recipes at the bottom of the page :). Some people have missed this in other muffin posts. For the majority of my muffin recipes I try to do a version with egg and then a second one without. Both versions can be made with or without dairy!
My collection of bakery style muffins cannot be beat!! They are all SO fluffy, tender, soft and moist. (The worst word- but I cant think of a better way to describe them.)
Blackberries + Lime is a flavor combination I don’t often see. Its one I have loved for years. Just as lemons are the perfect match for blueberries I think limes are the perfect match for blackberries.
You’ll probably notice that I didn’t include any lime juice - and yes that was intentional. I have found that citrus makes muffins tough and sometimes gummy. They lose their delicate crumb texture. I work around that by loading the muffins up with the zest of 2 limes to get the flavor & texture that I want.
You can store your zested limed in a sealed baggie in your fridge for up to 1 week & use the juice for another recipe.
Every club Muffin recipe is truly spectacular and yields the FLUFFIEST muffins I have ever had or made gluten free or otherwise.
The other thing that I love about these recipes is the batch size. You will only ever need 1 standard sized muffin tin. The recipe doubles no problem if you want to make more- and they freeze beautifully. But I think (at least for our home) that 8-10 muffins is the perfect amount.
But to be clear- you can absolutely double or triple any of the muffin recipes if you want to. The recipes are flexible and should turn out great any batch size. Just keep in mind that putting two muffin trays in the oven could mean a slightly longer bake time is needed.
Using other gluten free all purpose flour blends
The bad news is that there isn’t truly a gluten free measure for measure flour or cup for cup. Its a marketing ploy. There are blends that work decent in place but never exactly. Each and every blend is totally different. For example I LOVE better batter - but in this recipe it would make for some seriously gummy muffins. I chose King Arthur as its lower in gum and therefore I knew my muffins would end up soft, light and delicate.
So of course you are welcome to experiment. But please keep in mind that there are no guarantees. Any change means the recipe will change. I opted to use King Arthur as I think its the easiest gluten free flour blend to come by these days.
Expandex
These muffins are special because of the magic of expandex. It is a modified form of tapioca starch that was formulated to improve gluten free baking. The word Modified tends to worry people- so let me explain further. Essentially they studied tapioca and removed portions of it leaving only the parts that would allow for it to cause amazing elasticity (aka its name) in gluten free recipes. This flour allows me to get an incredible rise with everything I use it in. It traps the air bubbles in the dough just like regular flour with gluten does! Its honestly incredible. If you eat any processed or store bought foods you have eaten many forms of modified starch. Its nothing new- its just semi new to the home baker. Its non gmo and I typically get it from the brand Judee’s on amazon. Under no conditions can you sub it out for another regular starch.
Outside of the US there is a product called Ultratex 3 I have not worked with it but from what I understand its comparable! I would use that in the exact same quantity as the expandex amount that I call for.
Blackberry Lime Bakery Style Muffins (Version that uses an Egg)
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Blackberry Lime Bakery Style Muffins (vegan version)
