Irresistible Strawberry Muffins Recipe (2024)

• Muffins and cakes tend to have a better texture when made with oil rather than butter. I love using butter for cookies and scones, but I prefer oil for muffin, donut, and cake making.
• Over mixing the batter is a recipe for…a very dense muffin. When you see a recipe note “mix until just combined”, they mean it! Over mixing the batter causes the gluten from the flour to react and will produce very dense and chewy muffins.
• Whisk wet ingredients and dry ingredients together in separate bowls, then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and mix until just combined. This will help your muffins stay nice and fluffy!

Fresh strawberries will produce the best results in this recipe. However, you can use either fresh or frozen strawberries.

Generally speaking, you can use fresh or frozen berries pretty interchangeably when baking cakes, muffins, and cookies. Frozen berries will lower the temperature of the baked goods and may require up to an additional 5 minutes of baking time.

I have also noticed that frozen berries release more moisture than fresh berries. I always recommend reducing the liquid just a bit, in this case – milk – to prevent the recipe from becoming too “wet”.

For this recipe, I recommend reducing the milk to 3/4 cup rather than 1 cup if using frozen berries.

Prep — 10 minutes mins

Cook — 17 minutes mins

Total — 27 minutes mins

Serves — 12 -18

Streusel Topping:

• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 1/8 cup lightly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour

Muffins:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sliced strawberries

• Preheat oven to 400 F, and line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.

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• Prepare the streusel crumb topping: combine flour, butter, and brown sugar. Use a pastry cutter or fork to cut the butter into the flour until crumbly.

• In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

• In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: eggs, milk, oil, vanilla. Once combined, stir in the sliced strawberries.

• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. It is important to not overmix, a few lumps are okay.

• Fill each muffin mold with batter 2/3 full. Sprinkle each muffin with streusel topping (approximately 1 tablespoon per muffin).

• Bake at 400 F for 15-17 minutes. Or until muffins spring back like a sponge when pressed gently.

If using frozen strawberries, do not thaw. You may need to increase cooking time 2-5 minutes. Reduce milk to 3/4 cup.

This recipe makes 12-18 muffins depending how full you fill your muffin liners.