Huckleberry Muffins

Huckleberry muffins with crumble are great for breakfast or dessert. Using fresh fruit with a brown sugar and oat crumble on top, you're sure to love these. It's one of our favorite huckleberry recipes to make during the Fall.

Ready to make some huckleberry muffins this morning? We were after we picked a bunch the other day and they came out great. One of the best muffin recipes we have using fresh berries. (affiliate links present)

Huckleberry Muffins with Crumble

We're going to start with this easy muffin recipe base for the batter. You can add any sort of berries to this but since we were lucky enough to pick a few cups full, they'll work great.

Have you ever seen this bush? If you live in areas like Montana, Idaho, Oregon or Washington you might find a few in the mountains like we did. My girls and we had a great time picking them the other afternoon. This is what to make with huckleberries We loved with our crumb topping for muffins.

It is said that you should not eat them raw, especially if found in the forest. They can be poisonous, but once cooked they are safe to eat. It's safer to make a huckleberry cobbler or these muffins to enjoy!

This isn't unlike any other berry muffin you may have made before. Difference is like with blueberries you want to be gentle at the end when you add them. If not they'll break apart and release all their juices into the batter instead of staying whole.

Ingredients

1. All purpose flour for the main dry ingredient
2. Eggs added at room temperature
3. Baking soda and baking powder to rise
4. Butter softened
5. Sour cream to make them moist
6. Brown sugar for sweetness
7. Milk or dairy free alternative
8. Huckleberries of course

Muffin crumble

• Brown sugar will make it sweeter
• Oats, Old Fashioned instead of instant is better
• Cinnamon or nutmeg we like
• Could add some crushed nuts too

Equipment Needed

We like to use our stand mixer to make things easier. make sure you don't add berries until the end. Gently fold those in so they don't get crushed and stay whole.

Substitutions

You can make muffin tops instead of regular sizes if you wish. The bake time is similar but the pan is different. Plain or vanilla cashew milk is the best dairy free alternative with lactose free sour cream.

We do have an entire printable recipe card at the bottom of this post. You can keep it handy in your recipe box or come back time and time again each time you want to make them. Here's a quick rundown of how we made them.

How to Make Huckleberry Muffins

1. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients
2. Mix wet ingredients together
3. Gently fold in fresh or frozen huckleberries.
4. Spoon into muffin tin.
5. Preheat oven
6. Mix crumblespoon on top of each one.
7. Bake for 5 minutes at this temp.
8. Turn temperature down and continue baking for a bit longer

Do NOT wait until the toothpick comes out clean. Instead when toothpick is inserted into your huckleberries blueberries you want moist crumbs attached. We often touch the middle and if it springs back they're done too. You don't want to over bake these. OR make air fryer muffins.

Recipe Tips

This is how long to bake mini muffins if you want teeny tiny sizes. It is a great recipe for breakfast of course, but we think blueberry muffins are great for a quick dessert too.

The biggest tip we can share for baking the solid moist muffin is to take them out RIGHT WHEN they're done. Cooking even 2 minutes longer will dry them out and you won't get that pop of juice when you bite into them. We give you an approx. amount of fruit to use too. We use the max and increase by 1/2 cup to 2 full cups because we like a lot in there.

• The biggest difference if you use frozen berries is that the juice is going to escape once you defrost them.
• This is an issue in regards to how moist your recipe will turn out.

Instead of the berry itself being juicy, there will be a lot of liquid in the bowl which you'll likely need to drain off before adding. If you don't drain that first you'll have too much liquid in your muffin batter which will be an issue too.

With that said fresh berries are always best for baking. If you don't have access to those then defrost, use juice in that bowl instead of water (if your recipe calls for any water), drain remaining liquid and then fold in. Other easy dessert ideas you can try are:

Other Muffin Recipes with Fresh Berries

• Our Instant Pot blueberry muffins are easy to do.
• Or make our 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins

Huckleberry Muffins Recipe

By Moist huckleberry muffins are great for breakfast or dessert. Using fresh fruit with a brown sugar and oat crumble on top, you're sure to love these. Prep: 15 minutes minsCook: 17 minutes minsServings: 18 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 c all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 c butter room temperature
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 c sour cream
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 c milk, 2% or whole
• 1 1/2 c huckleberries, rinsed and dried
• crumble
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c quick oats
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
• In a bowl using a stand mixer, blend together wet ingredients, then add 1/2 dry ingredients to incorporate before adding remainder and mixing until smooth.
• Move bowl off stand and gently incorporate huckleberries.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spoon batter into muffin cups 3/4 of the way full.
• Mix together ingredients for crumble and spoon 1 tsp full on top of each muffin. Use back of spoon to gently tap so topping stays on.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 5 minutes, then decrease to 350 degrees F for 12 minutes or until top springs back when touched gently touched in the middle. Do not over bake.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

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Kitchen questions

What do huckleberries taste like?

You might confuse them for blueberries, they're more tart than that though. That is why they are great baked into a sweet baked treat. We would say the tartness is similar to a sweeter fresh cranberry.