Strawberry Muffins

By MarieR

Taste of the South Magazine 2016, Page 39
These muffins are packed with strawberry flavor-ana they're even better slathered with strawberry butter.

Ingredients

• Topping:
• Makes 6
• 2 1/2 cups halved fresh Florida strawberries
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 21/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter,melted
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• Glaze:
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons whole buttermilk
• Strawberry Butter, to serve (recipe follows)
• Strawberry Butter:
• 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
• 2 chopped strawberries
• pinch kosher salt
• In a small bowl,stir all together.
• Cover and refrigerate up to 3 days.
• Serve at room temperature.

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 6-cup jumbo muffin tin with. baking spray with flour.
2. For muffins: In a Large bowl, mash strawberries using a potato masher. Add brown sugar, melted butter, and eggs, whisking to combine. It a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and zest. Add flour mixture to strawberry mixture, stirring to combine. Stir lemon juice. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
3. For topping: In a small bowl, s together melted butter, flour, brown sugar, almonds, cinnamon, and; with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over batter-filled cups, pressing topping into batter.
4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean,
25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
5. For glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar and buttermilk until smooth. Drizzle over muffins. Serve with strawberry butter, if desired.