Mini Strawberry Muffins

I love this time of year - BERRY SEASON!!!  Everywhere you go . . . you will see strawberries!!  Big beautiful strawberries!!  Oh how I wish I knew a strawberry farmer . . . hmmm (a light bulb goes off in my brain!!) - maybe I COULD be that strawberry farmer!!  (that's another blog!!)

Anyhow, my refrigerator has 3 box of strawberries - what is a person to do??  So off to the Internet I go.  One of the first recipes I found was on the Land of Lakes website is this recipe for mini strawberry muffins by Ree Drummond (aka the Pioneer Woman).

For those of you who don't have a mini muffin pan, you can find one at Walmart Mini Muffin Pan at Walmart

I did make a few minor changes and will note those with an *

Mini Strawberry Muffins by Ree Drummond

Ingredients Muffins
 ½ cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter, room temperature * (I did not have Land O Lakes butter, I used Kroger's Unsalted Butter)
½ cup sugar
1 large egg
3 to 5 drops red food coloring (optional, to give muffins a pink color)
1 cup, plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup buttermilk * (I didn't have buttermilk, I used goat's milk kefir)
½ cup finely chopped strawberries

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Spray one 24-cup mini muffin pan with baking spray. * I used mini cupcake liners from Wilton
Mini Cupcake Liners
Combined the butter and sugar until creamy.
Add the egg and beat until smooth.  If you are going to add food coloring, this is where you would add it.

Sift together 1 cup of the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Alternate adding the dry ingredients to the mixer with the buttermilk, with the mixer on low.
Toss the ½ cup finely chopped strawberries with 1 tablespoon flour.
Fold the floured strawberries into the batter.

Drop tablespoons of the batter into the muffin tins. (I used a small cookie scoop - worked great!)

Bake for 14-16 minutes until muffins spring back when lightly touched and are light golden around the edges.
Remove from the oven and allow to sit in the pan for 15 minutes or until cool enough to easily remove from pan.

Entire Recipe:

Mini Strawberry Muffins by Ree Drummond

Ingredients Muffins
 ½ cup Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter, room temperature * (I did not have Land O Lakes butter, I used Kroger's Unsalted Butter)
½ cup sugar
1 large egg
3 to 5 drops red food coloring (optional, to give muffins a pink color)
1 cup, plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup buttermilk * (I didn't have buttermilk, I used goat's milk kefir)
½ cup finely chopped strawberries

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Spray one 24-cup mini muffin pan with baking spray. * I used mini cupcake liners from Wilton
Mini Cupcake Liners
Combined the butter and sugar until creamy.
Add the egg and beat until smooth.  If you are going to add food coloring, this is where you would add it.
Sift together 1 cup of the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Alternate adding the dry ingredients to the mixer with the buttermilk, with the mixer on low.
Toss the ½ cup finely chopped strawberries with 1 tablespoon flour.
Fold the floured strawberries into the batter.
Drop tablespoons of the batter into the muffin tins.
Bake for 14-16 minutes until muffins spring back when lightly touched and are light golden around the edges.
Remove from the oven and allow to sit in the pan for 15 minutes or until cool enough to easily remove from pan.

ENJOY!!

VERDICT:

My husband loved them!!!  He thought they made the perfect snack.  Yep, we have another winner on our hands.   I thought they would also be great sprinkle with cinnamon sugar on top.