I have a tiny confession to make; I seldom buy store made baked goods. I just don’t. As an accomplished home baker I tend to not be willing to spend a lot of cash on something that I fear will be substandard. These past three and a half weeks have been spent recovering from a total knee replacement which I really needed. Unable to cook until the last week or so, and just not having any appetite, I haven’t been tempted by much, until a dear friend brought a package of four fat Udi’s GF blueberry muffins as a get well gift. I put them in the freezer as they were still mostly frozen and I wasn’t hungry at that moment. A day later I thawed one and shared it with my sister who is visiting to help me out; it was kinda large I thought for me with my shrunken appetite. We warmed it a tad in the microwave and shared our impressions.
The actual muffins look even better than they do in this photograph!
Karen is not gluten free but she has happily enjoyed my gf baked goods over the past four years, even agreeing that some of my baked items are better gf than they ever were! Russian teacake cookies, for one, which get snarfed up very quickly by company. Well, the muffin was quite tasty, great texture, not crumbly or gluey which are common failures. Karen liked it too and was impressed by the flavor and the texture. It was sweet but not overly so and the blueberry flavor was just right; strong but not over the top. I detected a hint of lemon in the muffin which made me like it even more. The top had a light sugary crust which was a treat too. This sure was a lot of deliciousness in the shape of a muffin and I was pleasantly surprised as, sometimes gf baked stuff can be pretty gnarly. I liked knowing that someone who doesn’t need to eat gf enjoyed it too so you can serve this to your non gf family/friends without any fear.
A bonus is that they are dairy, soy and nut free if you need to avoid those food categories this is a great breakfast for snack choice. One muffin has 270 calories which is quite a bit but I tend to eat half for a morning snack and the other half later on in the day so it counts for two snacks in my world.
So, if you like blueberries this muffin is a treat and I wholeheartedly recommend them. I make my own blueberry muffins which are darn tasty if I may brag a bit but if you aren’t a baker, these are an excellent choice. Buy a package and get your yummy on!
The recipe was a simple dump and stir and bake with very good results. I used King Arthur’s basic gf flour mix.
I tried them and was not that impressed, seemed a tad weirdly flavored. But it is a big box and I am a frugal person so I kept eating them for my bedtime snack. Strangely, I have grown very fond of them. They are made with strawberry puree and no artificial color or flavor. A serving has only like 8 grams of sugar which is fairly low in the cereal world these days.
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