FREDERICKSBURG STRAWBERRY MUFFINS

Waking up on a sunny morning and smelling the aroma of freshly-baked muffins right out of the oven makes life seem even fuller. For the ultimate taste use fresh-picked strawberries, like the ones you can pick yourself at many of our Hill Country farms in the spring.
Ingredients
Makes about 18 muffins. 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar ¾ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup milk 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 egg, beaten ¾ cup fresh strawberries, cut into small chunks ¼ cup Fredericksburg Farms Old Fashioned Strawberry Preserves Sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 18 muffins cups and set aside. Sift flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl. Make a well in center of flour mixture and set aside. Blend together the milk, melted butter, and beaten egg; pour into well in flour mixture. Stir together quickly with a fork just to moisten all dry ingredients; do not beat. Light stir berries and Old Fashioned Strawberry Preserves into batter just until evenly distributed. Pour into greased muffin cups, filling cups slightly more than half-full; sprinkle top of each muffin with a little sugar. Bake on middle rack of preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center of muffins comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven. Using a small metal spatula, loosen sides of muffins; turn muffins out wire rack. Serve warm with lots of butter!

Ingredients