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Red Berry Muffins

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So simple that even I can make spectacular muffins in under an hour.

Not too sweet, just the right amount of brightness from the berry/lemon combination, and good crunch on top.

Strawberries make a slightly sweeter muffin, raspberries give it a little more tang. Choose the one that fits your mood!
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Ingredients

1 cup of strawberries, cut into quarters, eighths if they are very large strawberries OR
1 cup raspberries, halved

This is about 10 strawberries, or a few raspberries short of a small (6 ounce). Eat the last few while baking!
Juice of half a lemon

1 cup flour
1t baking powder

​½ cup white sugar
1 egg

⅓ cup sour cream
¼ cup canola (or vegetable) oil
1t vanilla extract

What To Do

Cut fruit, dump it into a small mixing bowl, and squeeze half the lemon over the fruit. Toss fruit very gently in lemon juice and set aside. If using raspberries, try not to squish them.

Pre-heat oven to 400°F. Line a muffin pan with 9-10 paper baking liners to prep for the muffin batter. 

Sift together flour and baking powder in a separate mixing bowl and set aside. 

Gently blend together sugar, egg, sour cream, oil, and vanilla in a KitchenAid, or by hand.

Add dry ingredients to the mixer in two small batches and blend til just mixed through. It will be thick-ish. Add fruit and mix in BY HAND because you don't want to smush the fruit, until just combined.

Pour into muffin liners until about three-fourths-full. Fill any empty muffin tin spaces with water.

Bake at 400°F  for about 20-23 minutes. It will be done when when a toothpick comes out clean and the tops are golden brown and crunchy-looking.

Let them sit in the muffin pan for a few minutes and then put them on a cooling rack. Tastes great warm out of the oven!

Notes

  • It is important to use firm fruit, particularly the raspberries. Using fully-ripe fruit will go too mushy in the baking process.
  • If you want to double or triple the recipe, I prefer to make two separate batches of batter. It helps me distribute fruit more evenly throughout each of the muffins.
  • ​​Of all places, I found the original-inspiration recipe in a very dog-eared People Magazine at one of the kids’ dentist appointments.

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