Strawberry Muffins

Strawberry Muffins

Prep time:  10 mins

Cook time:  20 mins

Total time:  30 mins

Serves: 12

 

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1½ cups chopped strawberries
• 3 tsps sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.
3. Add egg and mix well.
4. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
5. Next, alternately add the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture in the large bowl.
6. Add vanilla, then gently fold in the strawberries
7. Spoon batter into muffin pans (this makes a dozen muffins).
8. Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over muffins. You will have a lot of sugar, but this allows you to be as generous as you like.
9. Bake at 400º for 20 minutes.

Notes

The batter will seem really thick – no worries though, it’s supposed to be!