I know I've mentioned before how much I love blueberries, and so it was an extra-special treat for me to receive a jar of blueberry jam as a Christmas gift last week from a colleague.  As delicious it was to consider the possibilities on how to pair it with scones, toast, English muffins and the like, this recipe for Blueberry Jam Muffins was calling to me this morning.  And the end result certainly didn't disappoint!

To start, I gathered my ingredients and decided to cut the recipe to one-thi...
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I loooove this recipe!  Though, I have to admit, I've made it twice now and am still baffled on how to make the crumble on top to, well...crumble!  The flavors are great, but the topping is rather annoying; still, I'm not yet ready to admit defeat.  Here is how it turned out today (because when I made it the first time they didn't last long enough for me to take a pic!).

No, they weren't undercooked - the gooey topping is just the melted brown sugar, rather than in crumb form.  

Conversely, her...
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