Love Your Mother: Sweet Melissa Sunday-Orange Blueberry Muffins with Pecan Crumble

Happy Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!! I have another recipe for Sweet Melissa Sunday...Orange Blueberry Muffins. I have to stop right there because I did not include the crumble on top. The night I baked these I ran out of brown sugar and had no pecans...so I couldn't make the crumble. But the muffins were pretty good regardless!

I substituted fresh blueberries for frozen. The lemon and orange zest in the recipe was fabulous, it really kicked the flavor up a notch. They were the best warm and fresh out of the oven!

Doesn't this one look like an eyeball looking at you??

I was a bit disappointed that they were not as good the next day. They were pretty dry and crumbly. But to be honest, not too many of them lastest past the first day. Muffins are a huge crowd pleaser in this house.

Thank you to Chaya from My Sweet and Savory for picking this recipe. Please check out all the other SMS Bakers to see what they did with this recipe. I hope all you Mom's have a great Mother's Day today!!!

15 comments:

Julie said...: Happy Mother's Day! Your muffins look yummy. Love the eyeball one.; May 9, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Candy said...: Your muffins look great! I loved the orange flavor too.; May 9, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Leslie said...: Such pretty muffins! I made a few changes and they were delicious.; May 9, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Heather Baird said...: I love that these are swirled with blue from the blueberries - so pretty!; May 9, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Tiff said...: Your muffins look beautiful! I agree these were really great fresh out of the oven.; May 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Unknown said...: Happy Mother's Day to you too! I added the pecan crumble this time but I think the muffins look terrific without it. I served the muffins at brunch today and they were a hit!; May 9, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Joy said...: Happy (belated) Mother's Day, Mara!

Even without the crumble topping, your muffins look utterly delicious, including the one with the blueberry eyeball, haha! And I agree, muffins are definitely best still warm from the oven :)

Hope you're doing well, and look forward to hearing from you soon!

<3,
Joy
http://hotovenwarmheart.wordpress.com/; May 10, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Joni M said...: Happy Mother's day Mara! What a yummy Mother's Day breakfast!; May 10, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Nina said...: Looks great!
I do love the eyeball looking ones!; May 10, 2010 at 12:28 PM
BethieJ said...: YUMMY!! We love muffins.. these sound so good!
Hope you had a GREAT Mothers Day!; May 10, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Tessa said...: Muffins are always best warm out of the oven. That way it melts the butter :-)

Glad you and your family enjoyed them and hope you had a wonderful mother's day!; May 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Mona Pendleton said...: I bet these were delish!; May 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul said...: Mara, when you have a chance, make the crumble...it's excellent!:)

Carmen; May 11, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Jessica of My Baking Heart said...: Yes, definitely try the crumble next time... out of this world! :) Your muffins look fab!; May 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM
Rebecca Keppel said...: Yum! They look fabulous.; May 14, 2010 at 10:12 PM