It's strawberry season!!! Fresh strawberries and almond slivers dot these light and fluffy muffins! This great recipe is made from scratch but easy to whip up and ready to eat warm in 30 minutes!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- This simple strawberry muffin recipe is great for a quick breakfast or afternoon snack!
- Tender muffins full of juicy strawberries that freeze well!
- The perfect muffin for a brunch party!
Ingredient Notes
- Flour - all-purpose flour.
- Strawberries - Fresh strawberries are preferred, but you could use frozen berries as well; just drain them well before using them.
- Sour Cream - I always use full-fat sour cream.
- Butter - I used salted butter, but if you use unsalted butter, increase the amount of salt called for by ¼ tsp.
- Almond Extract - If in a pinch, you can substitute vanilla extract.
Couple Things You'll Need
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line 20 muffin cups (not quite 2 full muffin tins) with paper liners.
- Rinse the fresh berries and slice them into small pieces. Set them aside.
- In a large bowl, cream room-temperature butter (not melted butter) and sugar.
- Beat in the eggs and almond extract.
- Beat in the baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Whisk the sour cream and milk together in a separate bowl.
- Beat in ⅓ of the flour.
- Beat in ½ the sour cream/milk.
- Beat in the other ⅓ of the flour.
- Beat in the last of the sour cream/milk.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and fold in the sliced strawberries with the last of the flour.
- Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin, filling each cup about ⅔s of the way full.
- Sprinkle the tops with almond slivers.
- Bake in the preheated oven, 350 degrees, for 17-20 minutes. Muffin tops will be lightly golden brown, and a toothpick should come out clean.
- Cool these delicious muffins on a wire rack.
- Store completely cooled muffins in an airtight container or ziplock bag.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
Can I freeze these muffins?
Yes, just make sure they are completely cool before packing up and popping in the freezer.
How many cups in 1 pound of strawberries?
You will get somewhere between 2 and 2 ½ cups of sliced strawberries from a 16 oz or 1 lb package.
Should I refrigerate these muffins?
You can if you would like, but they will be fine stored in a loosely covered container just on the countertop.
What goes well with these muffins?
How about a tall glass of Orange Julius or a Bacon Mushroom Omelet with Cheese!
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Strawberry Almond Muffin Recipe
Fresh strawberries and almond slivers dot these light and fluffy muffins! From scratch, but easy to whip up and ready to eat warm in 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 10 Tbs. Butter softened
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 teaspoon Almond Extract
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ Cup Milk
- ½ Cup Sour Cream
- 2 Cups Flour
- 2 Cups Strawberries Chopped, Fresh
- 1 Cup Slivered Almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees; Line 20 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Cream the butter and the sugar.
- Add the eggs and almond extract.
- Add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat well.
- Whisk together the milk and sour cream. Add alternately with the flour in the following way.
- Mix in ⅓ of the flour. Mix in ½ the milk. Mix in another ⅓ of the flour. Mix in the other ½ of milk.
- Add the 2 Cups of strawberries with the last ⅓ of flour and fold in by hand.
- Divide the batter among the 20 muffin cups. Top each muffin with slivered almonds.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean.
- Cool and serve!
Notes
- Cool muffins completely before freezing. Thaw at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 71IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 78mgIron: 1mg
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Kate Conn
Delicious!!! The strawberries are the main flavor and the nuts add a nice crunch. The muffins are very light and moist. No butter needed. I used 1/4 of the recipe to make six muffins. Didn't wait for breakfast, made a great dessert after dinner. Ate one. Had to go back and eat another. Having a hard time resisting a third!!! Yummy!!! This recipe is a keeper!
L.S.
Very yummy! It’s a winner for breakfast.