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Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt Muffins with blueberries, blackberries and raspberries - fluffy, beautiful texture! Easy to make!
What is your perfect summer dessert? What screams "Summer!" louder than a triple berry bundt cake stuffed with all sorts of berries (my favorite dessert from last summer)? Yes, I've made that bundt cake many times last summer, but this year I have a new favorite: mixed berry Greek yogurt muffins! Made with Greek yogurt and 3 types of berries (blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries) these muffins are very moist and very much cupcake-like in their texture, and yet they are so refreshing (thanks to all the berries) and very light (only ⅓ cup of vegetable oil used + ⅔ cup of Greek Yogurt).
The recipe is easy, and the only crucial thing to remember is not to over mix the batter, otherwise you will end up with a denser and poorly risen muffin. When you combine dry ingredients with wet ones, mix with as few strokes as you can. It's OK to have some lumps remaining in the batter - the important thing is not to over mix.
Use fresh berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries (it's summer after all!) and coat them in 2 tablespoons of flour before adding to the batter to avoid berries sinking to the bottom.
I've used muffin liners for my muffin pan, and you don't have to grease the pan or muffin liners in this case. If you don't use muffin liners, use a non-stick spray to spray the entire pan: both muffin cups and the top of the pan so that muffins don't get stuck and, therefore, remain whole and pretty!
As though cupcake-like muffins filled with mixed berries were not good enough as they are, right before putting them into the oven I sprinkled them with streusel-like topping, and they came out of the oven with a perfectly crumbly and crunchy topping. To make a perfect streusel crunchy topping, mix all ingredients (⅔ cup brown sugar, ⅓ cup flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature) with the fork until the mixture has a nice coarse texture. Add more flour if necessary.
I love this mixed berry Greek yogurt muffin recipe! These muffins were gone very fast: my husband and I ate them for breakfast, as well as for dessert. I can already see how this recipe will work with other fresh fruit, as well as with dried fruit and nuts, and also with chocolate chips. I can't wait to make many more variations of these Greek yogurt muffins!!!!
Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt Muffins
Ingredients
Greek yogurt muffins
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup Greek yogurt I used 2% plain, Chobani Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup milk whole or low-fat, you can add up to ½ cup
- 2 cups mixed berries blueberries, blackberries, raspberries
- 2 tablespoons flour for berries
Streusel topping
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup flour or more
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons butter room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Use one regular size muffin pan (12 muffins). Line muffin cups with muffin liners.
- In a medium bowl, mix together flour, white sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, 2 eggs, Greek yogurt, and milk.
- Add flour mixture from step 2 to the liquid mixture in step 3 and mix just enough to combine. Aim for thick but scoopable batter. If it stands in stiff peaks, it needs a splash of milk.
- In a separate medium size bowl (the one you used in step 2), combine berries with 2 tablespoons of flour. This is supposed to prevent berries from clumping together and sinking. Fold in the berries into the batter.
- To make the streusel topping, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter in a small bowl. Mix until you have crumb-like mixture.
- Fill muffin cups with the muffin batter about ¾ full. Sprinkle the streusel topping over muffins.
- Bake at 375°F for 20-24 min.
Nutrition
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Disclosure: Chobani sent me several kinds of Greek Yogurt (free product) to play around with in the kitchen. The recipe, photos, and thoughts in this post are all my own. Aside from receiving a free product from Chobani, I was NOT compensated to write this post. I only write about things I love, and Chobani is one of my most favorite products.
This recipe was a hit! Having made pizza dough from Greek yogurt many times, though, I wanted a bit more moisture when I realized my batter was more like dough than batter. I added just shy of 1/4 cup almond milk. I also used defrosted frozen berries. I forgot to flour the berries before folding them in, but luckily, the batter was dense enough that most didn't sink. These were a true crowd pleaser, though, even for the folks who don't like things overly sweet. One person even said they're good enough to be bakery muffins! I'll definitely be making these again!
I absolutely love the recipe! I did put a splash of milk to thin the batter a little bit. There was some streusel left over. Instead of the Greek yogurt, I just used one and a half of my sons organic stone field yogurt packs (spinach, mango, and pear flavor). They turned out so pretty! Too bad I can’t post pictures of how they looked!
Just curious why the batter is more like a dough (very think) than a muffin batter (runny) ? I'm baking them anyways to see how they turn out. But I am curious if the recipe is wrong or not?I checked it over multiple times too.
I thought the same thing! But thought it may have been because I used frozen berries instead of fresh which would solidify the mixture more, I added a tiny bit more oil and let the batter sit for a short time while I mixed up the topping which may have helped. But they still turned perfect! Definately the best muffins I have made from an unknown recipe.
hey julia! can i use frozen berries? and i only have 10% greek yogurt, should i omit the oil in this case?
Oh my, these are hands down the best muffins I’ve ever made! Light, fluffy with crunchy top and gooey sweet blueberries inside. My 2 yo assisted all the way (read - you cannot stuff up if you wanted to!). I didn’t sift the flour, didn’t fluff around too much. The only change I made was to add a dash of milk to my wet mixture. That’s all. Will make again! Thank you for such wonderful recipe!
Thank you for such a wonderful comment! So glad you enjoyed these muffins!
Yes, far too much flour. Had to add more oil and yogurt but made the mistake of adding some water too in effort to counter the dry (made them chewy). The ingredient list doesn’t say sifted flour. Thanks for your efforts though!
Great recipe ! Delicious muffins. A new favourite! In my oven though the baking time was 25 minutes.
Thank you! So glad you like these muffins! 🙂
I made some changes to the recipe based on how our family needs to eat now (recently discovered food sensitivities), and they still turned out great. Here is what I did in case anyone else might be interested: I used Bob's Red Mill gluten-free flour mix, duck eggs, just 2/3 cup coconut sugar, butter in place of veg oil (though I also considered coconut oil), whole milk greek yogurt, and only a sprinkling of cinnamon and maple sugar as the topping.
I also had really thick batter (I tried not to over-mix but had a hard time incorporating all the flour), but we didn't mind at all that the muffin was more dense... maybe because I also layered the batter with berries in the middle. There was no way I could fold them in without smashing them! Anyway, they actually turned out great in a different way, and our three girls (7, 5 and 2) all loved them. So that's a win for us! 🙂
Thank you, Lisanna, for such a great feedback! Great tips for how to make these muffins gluten free.
I, too, found the batter to be far too thick. The recipe calls for 2C flour, but I’m wondering if you intended 1C flour?
Yes, you use 2 cups of flour. Make sure to sift it or aerate the flour first. Also make sure not to mix the muffin batter too long, otherwise you will end up with dense, poorly risen muffins. If there are lumps in your batter – they will work themselves out during baking. Do not overmix is one of the most important rules when making most muffin recipes!!
I made these muffins today; however, the batter was more like dough than batter. I didn't over-mix because you couldn't really stir/fold it in. I used avocado oil instead of vegetable oil and fat-free yogurt, so would that be why? I rechecked my ingredient measurements, so I don't know where I went wrong. I cooked them anyway, and they were not light and airy; but rather more bread-like. I am truly not a person that should try baking!!...lol
Hi Patricia, I am glad you tried these muffins! These muffins are really light and fluffy so the dough should not be as thick as you're describing. Not sure what happened. Did you aerate or sift the flour? Maybe you added too much flour?
These muffins are WONDERFUL! My husband LOVES them. Making my third batch of these today to freeze. These go so quickly in our home! Great recipe!
So glad you liked these, Megan! Thank you for such a sweet comment! 🙂
You would probably need to make 7 or 8 batches of these to use up all of that streusel topping. 2/3 of a cup of brown sugar? Did you mean 2/3 of a tablespoon? Holy smokes what am I going to do with all of this extra topping?
It seems a lot BUT it works! It is delicious
Streusel topping is so good on these muffins! 🙂
Those muffins are delish!! I mix the plain flour with oats, bran and ww flour.... delicious and soooo easy.
Made these these twice in the past 2 days and I and my wife love them. Thank you!
Thank you - happy to hear that you've been enjoying the recipe! 🙂
Mmmm! these look so amazing!!! i was wondering.. Could i use defrosted mixed berry's instead of fresh?? XOXO ~Abigail
Yes, you can. You can even use frozen mixed berry (if it's in good shape, not mushy, and each berry is separate from another). I've used frozen berries in similar recipes with success.