Ingredients:

4 oz cream cheese, softened

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup light brown sugar

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

3 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

½ cup canola oil

½ cup buttermilk

1 tsp lemon zest

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

2 cups flour

1 cup fresh blueberries + ¼ cup blueberries reserved for topping

Streusel Topping:

¼ cup flour

¼ cup brown sugar

2 Tbsp butter, cold

• Preheat oven to 375˚F.
• Coat the 2 cups of blueberries with 2 Tbsp of the flour. Set aside.
• Fill cupcake trays with liners. Set aside.
• Mix cream cheese until smooth.
• Add granulated and light brown sugars. Mix.
• Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Mix.
• Add eggs. Mix.
• Add oil and buttermilk. Mix.
• Add lemon juice and zest. Mix.
• Slowly add remaining flour, a little at a time. Mix just until moistened.
• Fold in blueberries.
• Fill cupcake liners ¾ full.
• Press remaining blueberries into the top of the batter.

Streusel Topping:

• In small bowl, mix flour and sugar.
• Cut butter into mixture.
• Evenly sprinkle mixture over tops of muffins.
• Bake 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned.

Enjoy.

Afterword

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Coming next is Sam’s story in Harvest Dance.

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Happy reading,

Jennifer

About Author

Award-winning author, Jennifer Faye pens fun, heartwarming contemporary romances with rugged cowboys, sexy billionaires and enchanting royalty. With more than a million books sold, she is internationally published with books translated into more than a dozen languages. She is a two-time winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award, the CataRomance Reviewers' Choice Award, named a TOP PICK author, and been nominated for numerous other awards.

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