These homemade strawberry muffins use fresh strawberries - and can be made dairy-free by subbing coconut or rice milk. I made them this way for my daughter, and they got devoured!
Hull strawberries and shop to bite size pieces. Set aside.
1 cup chopped strawberries
In a small bowl, use a fork to mix together 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla. Once thoroughly combined and an even texture, add 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and mix again. Set aside to top your muffins.
In a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup, add your oil, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
1/3 cup oil, 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
Toss your strawberries with the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour. Add to your muffin batter and stir gently to distribute.
1 tablespoon flour
Spray a muffin scoop with nonstick spray and drop muffin batter equally into 12 muffin cups lined with papers. Sprinkle the tops of your muffins with the vanilla cinnamon sugar.
Bake for 20-23 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then serve immediately.
Don't seal the container tightly if you decide to save some for later. Sugar can absorb moisture from the air, so a loose seal helps prevent it from becoming clumpy.
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