Here are my tasty strawberry muffins, with a crunchy streusel topping and a strawberry butter-cream frosting
Ingredients
For the batter:
1 ¾cupflour
2/3cupsugar
2teaspoonsbaking powder
¼teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
½cupmilk
½cup/1 stick butter
2eggs
½teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupof diced strawberries
1tablespoonflourto coat the strawberries before adding to the batter
For the streusel:
¼cuplightly toasted walnutsroughly chopped
¼cupbrown sugar
¼cupflour
2tablespoonsbuttersoftened
For the frosting:
¼cupbuttersoftened
1cupicing sugarpowdered sugar
½cupof diced strawberries
Instructions
Place a rack in the center of the oven.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
For the batter:
Grease 15 medium-sized muffin cups with a small piece of butter, then lightly coat it with flour.
Shake the muffin cups and invert them over a sink to get rid of the excess flour.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder baking soda and salt.
Place the butter and sugar in a bowl of an electric mixture, and beat on high speed for 30 seconds.
Add the eggs, beating well after each addition.
Slowly add the milk and vanilla and beat for 30 seconds. Scrape down the edges of the bowl.
Stir in the flour mixture. Mix one more time with a wooden spoon to fully incorporate the batter.
Coat the diced strawberries with the 1 tablespoon flour, and add to the batter. Stir one last time.
Spoon the batter into the greased muffin cups, filling one third of each.
For the streusel:
Mix together the walnuts, brown sugar, flour, and butter until crumbly. Sprinkle it evenly over the muffin cups.
Bake for about 15 minutes, or until you insert a skewer in the center of a muffin and it comes out clean.
Meanwhile prepare the frosting:
Place the butter in a bowl of an electric mixture. Add the icing sugar and diced strawberries and beat on high speed to mix well, obtaining a pink frosting.
When the muffins have completely cooled down, spread the frosting equally on top of the muffins. You can decorate each muffin with a strawberry half, optional.
Notes
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