Sunday, May 5, 2013

Strawberry Muffins


Yesterday morning my mom came in and started demanding strawberry muffins; it sounded sorta weird but since I have no backbone I got to work.  It actually turned out really well. Even people who normally grind their own spices rarely grind cinnamon sticks or whole cloves, I guess because they are so big, which is a shame; it'll just take an extra second or 2 in your electric spice grinder.  It really makes a difference.

12 1/2 oz cake flour

1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup plain greek yogurt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable or other neutral oil
1 egg
2 tsp butter flavoring 
2 tsp grand marnier
1/4 tsp freshly ground cloves
1/4 tsp freshly ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries(cut to about the size of blueberries)
hefty pinch of salt 
coarse sugar


1. Sift or whisk the flour, baking soda, powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt together.
2. In another bowl, whisk together  the yogurt, sugar, oil, butter flavoring, grand marnier, and egg.
3. Take a tablespoon of the flour mixture and toss 1 cup of the strawberries in it, this will keep them from sinking to the bottom.
3. Pour the wet stuff on the dry stuff, and stir it together as quickly and using as few strokes as possible. The more your stir, the tougher they get so best to minimize it. fold in the flour coated strawberries
4. fill muffin tins 3/4 of the way full; sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of strawberries and some course sugar on top, and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. serve warm with butter or clotted cream.

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