I made these muffins this morning with fresh Plant City strawberries. Plant City, FL, which is about 15 miles east of Tampa, is known and the winter strawberry capital of the world, and according to Wiki, is named for its flora (vegetables, fruits, and tropical plants). This recipe was adapted from one I found online, that specifically called for Florida strawberries.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- a few extra sliced strawberries for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- In a small bowl, combine the strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar. Set aside for about 1 hour. Drain, reserving liquid and berries separately.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the juice from the berries. Gently stir in the berries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
- Garnish muffin tops with sliced strawberries
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
5 comments:
The muffins look wonderful! Dad wants you to send him some.
You listed turbinado sugar twice, can you clarify the amount? I've made strawberry muffins in the past but want to try your recipe since I don't really think you can mail some to us. Of course, I will have to wait until spring and use regular strawberries.
The reason the sugar is listed twice is because its used twice. 1/2 cup is used to soak with the strawberries to make a syrupy juice, and 1/4 cup is beat in with the butter. The original recipe called for normal white sugar and white flour, but I made some substitutions.
Freddy says we could probably mail you about a gross of muffins in the kayak box ...
Lovely picture of the muffins, which does make me hungry. And they would go great with the coffee we are drinking right now, what with the delicious Florida-grown strawberries. But we'll manage without you sending us a gross of them; Pam says she might adapt the recipe and make pear muffins instead.
These look delicious :) Is it possible to substitute turbinado sugar for splenda?
Hi Avita. No doubt you can substitute the Splenda, though just how much is the tough question. Perhaps there's some guidance on the Splenda package.
And if you want to eliminate the eggs, Pam says, you can substitute boiled flax seeds, which give the same consistency. Whether it's a tablespoon per egg or a bit more, one would have to experiment to figure that out.
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