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Summertime means fresh, beautiful berries which means strawberries! These Strawberry Muffins use the season’s freshest fruit to make an easy, delectable treat perfect for breakfast and snack or dessert!
When the seasons change and all the new crops of fruits and vegetables return to our farmer’s market, I get totally excited — and when strawberries start showing their face again, I feel like I’ve gone to heaven. There’s nothing better than that bright red berry staring back at you ready to be devoured!
Yes, beautiful strawberries are back and they’re tasting sweet, juicy and delicious (and getting better week after week). When strawberries are in season, I love making the family Strawberr-wee Popsicles, Strawberry Preserves or even Strawberry Fruit Leather, but this year I wanted to add a new strawberry recipe to my repertoire. When I suggested to Kenya the idea of making Strawberry Muffins for breakfast the other morning, he begged me to do it.
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When I decided to make these muffins I wanted to use as many good-for-you ingredients as possible. Instead of a lot of added sugar which muffins typically have, I went for honey (you could also use agave), which is a great natural sweetener. They’re just as delicious as the sugar packed ones you get from the store, but you can feel a little bit better about feeding them to your little ones!
You may be pleasantly surprised to hear that these big red berries contain more Vitamin C than some citrus fruits as well as being high in fiber, folate and potassium. A 1 cup serving provides kids with a whopping 140% of their recommended daily dose of Vitamin C! Now, I’m not suggesting that you let your little one scarf down half of this recipe in order for that to happen, but in the event they do love these muffins that much, at least you’ll know that what’s baked inside these sweet little gems is doing their bodies good!
Let me know what you think of these Strawberry Muffins! I know you’re going to love them!
Strawberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup milk (low fat or whole cow’s milk, almond, rice or soy milk will work)
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 cup honey or agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a bowl, combine the first 3 ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg and add milk, oil, honey, vanilla, and lemon zest and stir.
- Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, slowly combine the dry ingredients with the wet until incorporated (try not to over mix the batter).
- Add the strawberries to the batter and slowly combine.
- Line or grease muffin tins and fill 2/3 of the way with batter.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick tester comes out clean.
- Cool and serve.
Notes
- * If you want to make mini muffins, fill 36 muffin cups and bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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I made these tonite upon request from my toddler girl who loves strawberries. These muffins are awesome! They are very tasty ,the texture is moist , not very sweet and full of strawberry flavor due to the lemon zest which acts as a flavor enhancer. This one is a keeper!
I made these today with (thawed organic) strawberries and organic apples, left out the lemon zest and used 1/2 agave and 1/2 honey. AMAZING! I did have to cook them for about 28 minutes but that is probably due to the addition of apple bits.
Just made these this afternoon! They are really good! I was all out of honey, so I subbed in brown sugar and it was a perfect match. I also used 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1 cup white flour. Thanks for an easy and tasty recipe!
They probably turned out gooey because you subbed applesauce for the eggs. Eggs are like glue – applesauce isn’t! If you want applesauce, you can sub some of the oil or strawberries. If you need to make without eggs – “For every egg in the original recipe, use 1 tablespoon flax seed meal and 3 tablespoons water. Whisk them together and let the mixture sit for about 5 minutes. It will get gummy, just like eggs. Then the mixture can be incorporated into the recipe where it calls for egg(s).”
Just finished these and wanted to point out that after 30 minutes the inside was still complete goo, and the outside was golden brown and getting burnt! I think the temperature might need to be adjusted due to the extremely high humidity environment i live in.
These are in the oven right now, and even the batter is yummy! I actually substituted applesauce for the eggs, and skipped the lemon zest because i didn’t have it on hand.
Thanks for the recipe its really good!!!
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I just made these with 1 cup white flour and 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour and they are delicious. I’m guessing my berry and muffin lover boys will adore them but I’m sort of hoping they don’t so I can eat them myself. Thanks for another awesome recipe!
I make them with raspberries and like so much better than strawberries. This recipe actually came out good.
My boys (3 and 1) gobbled these up this morning. I had a little trouble with the bottom firming up, but it may be because I used frozen strawberries. Next time I will try with fresh strawberries and see if that helps! Thanks for another great recipe!!
Just made these muffins! i subsituted the lemon zest with lemon oil! sooo delicious! now making a second batch with blueberries!
These are so good! I made them for a 4th of July party and everyone loved them! I think my 10 month old liked them the best!! I also added about 1/2 cup more strawberries.
Love your site. I wanted to make strawberry muffins for my son’s friends that are coming over tomorrow. I went on google and found a recipe on allrecipes, but just wasn’t happy with the ingredient list. Then I thought, I’ll try Weelicious! OF COURSE you had a recipe! They are almost done, I just peeked through my oven door. They look amazing! We will get the verdict from the playdate pals tomorrow!