“Mom, can we make something? I want some strawberry muffins with nuts.” Um, okay. (I was thinking more along the lines of monster cookies, but whatever.)
What started as a simple request from the 5 year old quickly turned into this yumminess, adapted from allrecipes.com.
Strawberry Nut Muffins
- 1 cup oatmeal (I use old fashioned, but quick oats would be fine.)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup flour (I used 1/2 whole wheat 1/2 white this time.)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (butter would work, also)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup finely chopped strawberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 375°. Combine buttermilk and oats in a small bowl. Set aside for 5 minutes or so. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together the egg, coconut oil, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add buttermilk mixture. Add dry ingredients; mix just until combined.
Fold in strawberries and nuts. Scoop into greased muffin tins, 1/2 to 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Those look great! I have a big package of strawberries in my fridge that need to get used before they go bad. I think I’ll make some of these and then use the rest to top some ice cream sundaes after dinner tonight.
Please pass the ice cream sundaes this way!
Umm, I tired these today and was so happy with them that I ate four of them before they cooled off. Dangerous!
Yay! And oh yes, grab ‘em while they’re warm!
Yum, strawberries in muffins are the best. Those muffins must have been eaten up in no time at all. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d love it if you’d come by and link your muffins up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/06/sweets-for-saturday-21.html