Spring is here and what better way to celebrate spring than with these excellent muffins? Exactly my point. For an interesting twist, add or substitute a teaspoon of orange extract to the recipe.

These are your usual, mix the wet, mix the dry, mix the two, add the fruit muffins. Just preheat the oven to 350 before you get started and for best results let your eggs come to room temperature before baking.

Strawberry Muffin Recipe Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (reduce the salt if you don’t have any unsalted handy)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (the real stuff. none of that imitation)
• 1 teaspoon orange extract (optional)
• 2 large, very ripe bananas (If they don’t have freckles, mash about twenty minutes before using, the oxidation will improve the flavor, but not the color)
• 1 cup  strawberries, hulled and cut into bite size pieces
• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

Strawberry Muffin Recipe Instructions

In a medium bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, eggs, and extract.

In another bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Toss the strawberries with some of the flour mixture and set aside.

Stir the bananas into the wet mixture, then add the dry and stir until just combined. Stir in the strawberries and immediately spoon into a greased or paper lined muffin tin.

Bake at 350F for 20 – 25 minutes and cool on a wire rack.

Yield: 12 muffins

Enjoy!