Strawberry Shortcake Muffins

~Bliss~'s Note:

Dessert for Breakfast!!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup butter or ½ cup margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup fresh strawberries , diced and well drained
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for sprinkling on top) (optional)

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork.
2. In a small bowl, mix egg, cream, and vanilla. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture and mix with spoon.
3. Gently fold in strawberries.
4. Spoon batter into greased muffin tins. Sprinkle with sugar, if desired, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and cool before removing from pan.
6. If muffins weren't sprinkled with granulated sugar prior to baking, you can dust tops with confectioners' sugar before serving.
7. Yields: 12 to 15 muffins.

Reviews

[weeirishlassy]

They are yummy. I had to add a bit more heavy cream during the mixing because they were so dry. And while my whole family enjoyed them, I thought they should have been a bit better considering they had over half the amount of fat a person is to consume in an entire day!!!!

[Chef #1531249]

These are delicious! I used half whole wheat pastry flour, and substituted half the butter with oil. I think dicing the strawberries is the key to keeping the muffins from getting soggy, a problem with other strawberry breads and muffins I have tried. Thanks so much.

[KitchenWitchWay]

Excellent muffins! I made 6 large muffins instead of 12. What a great brunch item too!