Shelly's Recipe

STRAWBERRY STREUSEL MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

1 3/4 cups flour
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped and tossed lightly in
2 tbsp flour

Streusel:
1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup flour
2 tbsp butter, melted

Strawberry Butter:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
1/4 cup finely chopped toasted pecans

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease bottom and sides of an 18 cup muffin pan. Mix together ingredients for streusel and set aside. Mix together for the muffins the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Separately, mix together the milk, melted butter, beaten eggs and vanilla. Gently mix the wet ingredients into the flour mixture. Fold in lightly floured chopped strawberries. Pour mixture into prepared muffin pan and top with streusel mixture. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool for 10 minutes before trying to remove them from the pan (or they will stick). Finish cooling muffins on a wire rack.

To make strawberry butter, mix together thoroughly the soft butter and powdered sugar. Fold in the strawberries and toasted pecans. Chill until needed and soften before serving on split muffins.