Berry-Smash Muffins (Strawberry Muffins)

sydsmama's Note:

These are very easy, fun for kids, and taste great! From The Rainbow Bakery children's cookbook by Gold Medal.

• Total Time: 23 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins

• 1 2⁄3; cups fresh strawberries
• 2⁄3; cup sugar
• 1⁄3; cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 425 F.
2. Put a paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups, or grease just the bottoms of 12 muffin cups.
3. Slightly smash strawberries in large bowl, using fork.
4. Stir in sugar, oil and eggs until mixed.
5. Stir in other ingredients just until moistened.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
7. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown or toothpick poked in center comes out clean.
8. Cool 5 minutes.
9. Loosen sides of muffins from pan if needed, and take them out of the pan.
10. Makes 12 muffins.
11. Tip: If you do not have fresh strawberries, you can use frozen strawberries that you have thawed and drained.

Reviews

[unicornbeauty]

I've made these a couple times and they are my husband's favorite (and I make a lot of muffins). They are moist and very yummy. I bought a potato masher just to mash the berries for this recipe.

[Chef #488990]

These are very dense as other reviewers noted. I would definately soak the strawberries in a little sugar for 30 minutes+ before adding them to the mix.

[tara portee]

I served these to company and my eight year old nephew declared "these don't have any taste." Now I didn't take it too seriously because an eight year old boy is hardly the best judge of good food. But I did think they lacked a little something ( another reviewer suggested a little brown sugar and extra cinnamon.) I did enjoy them and was pleased to be able to use fresh seasonal fruit.