Ingredients:
½
cup milk
½ cup butter (melted)
1
cup fresh strawberries (chopped and light tossed in 2 tablespoons of
flour)
1 ¾
cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated
sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs (beaten)
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
Streusel
¼
cup brown sugar
¼ cup all purpose flour
¼
cup chopped toasted pecans
2 tablespoons butter (melted)
Strawberry
Butter
½
cup butter (softened)
1/2 cup fresh strawberries (chopped)
1
cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
¼ cup toasted
pecans (finely chopped)
Preparation:
1.
Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees and grease the bottom and sides of
an 18 cup muffin tin/s. Mix together all ingredients for the streusel
and set aside.
2.
Mix together for the muffins- 1 ¾ cups flour, 2/3 cup sugar,
and 2 teaspoons baking powder.
3.
In a separate bowl mix ½ cup milk, ½ cup melted butter,
2 beaten eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Gently mix this
mixture into the flour mixture. Fold in lightly floured chopped
strawberries.
4.
Pour muffin batter into your tins and top with the streusel mixture.
Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes
(you
can check to see if their done by sticking a toothpick into the
muffins. If it comes out clean, their done)
5.
Allow muffins to cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the
pan or else they will stick. Finish cooling muffins on a wire rack.
6.Now
you are going to make the strawberry butter by thoroughly mixing ½
cup butter and 1 cup powdered sugar. Fold in chopped strawberries and
toasted pecans. Chill until needed and soften before serving. The
strawberries butter can be spread on the inside of halved muffins.
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