Valentine's Day Strawberry Muffins

Name: Valentine's Day Strawberry Muffins
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, at room temperature; 4 larges eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons lemon extract; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 teaspoons lemon zest; 237 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional); 355 milliliters chopped fresh strawberries; 12 slices fresh strawberry; 1 Tbsp white sugar

Valentine's Day Strawberry Muffins requires around 50 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 161 calories. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. It works well as a morn meal. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, strawberries, lemon extract, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Mix lemon juice with as much milk as needed to measure 1 cup; let the soured milk stand for 5 minutes before using.

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Lemon Juice

Milk

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Line 24 muffin tins with paper liners.

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Muffin Tray

Cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in a large bowl.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Beat in the eggs, one at a time; add the lemon extract.

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Lemon Extract

Egg

Gradually stir in the lemon zest and soured milk.

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Soured Milk

Lemon Zest

Gently fold in the chopped strawberries.

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Strawberries

Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Stir the butter mixture into the flour mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Fold in the chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Chips

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups to about 2/3 full.

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Muffin Liners

Place a strawberry slice atop each muffin and sprinkle with some of the 1 tablespoon white sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Strawberries

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before serving warm.

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Toothpicks