An easy recipe for blueberry muffins with lemon glaze

What makes these muffins extra special is the abundance of berries and the sweet lemon glaze drizzled on top. Read on for a delicious breakfast treat that's sure to please your entire family.

• Preparation time: 20 minutes.
• Cooking time: 20 minutes plus cooling.
• Serves 12.

Ingredients:

Muffins

• 500 g (2 c) self-rising flour
• 125 g (1/2 c) granulated sugar
• 250 ml (1 c) reduced-fat (2%) milk
• 125 ml (1/2 c) fat-free egg substitute
• 60 ml (4 tbsp) margarine, melted
• 75 ml (1/3 c) sour cream
• 10ml (2 teaspoons) vanilla
• 375 g (1 1/2 c) fresh blueberries

Glaze

• 250 g (1 c) sifted confectioners' sugar
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) grated lemon zest
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) reduced-fat (2%) milk

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a 12-muffin baking pan with paper liners.
2. Whisk flour and sugar in large bowl.
3. Whisk milk, egg substitute, margarine, sour cream and vanilla in medium bowl until blended.
4. Make well in the centre of the flour mixture. Pour in milk mixture and stir with fork just until blended. Fold in 250 grams (1 cup) blueberries.
5. Spoon batter into muffin cups and sprinkle evenly with remaining blueberries. Bake until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool muffins on wire rack 10 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, mix confectioners' sugar, lemon zest and enough milk in small bowl to make a pourable glaze. Drizzle glaze over muffins after they have cooled.

• Blueberries are one of the best fruit sources of antioxidants. In fact, the very pigments that help give berries their colour (called anthocyanins) sweep free radicals out of your bloodstream and may even help stave off memory loss.

Each serving provides:

• Key nutrients: 210 calories, 50 calories from fat, 5 g fat, 2 g saturated fat,1 g trans fat, 4 g protein, 37 g carbohydrates, 1 g fibre, 270 mg sodium.
• Blood pressure nutrients: 3 mg vitamin C, 3 mg magnesium, 63 mg potassium, 105 mg calcium.

• Make these muffins with raspberries or blackberries instead of blueberries.
• Change the vanilla extract to almond or orange.

Try this tasty recipe today and remember that you can freeze these muffins for up to a month. Take them out of the freezer the night before for a perfect breakfast.