Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins

The school staff devoured these too.

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 cups (8-9 oz.) strawberries, hulled and coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4-1 cup plain yogurt (or buttermilk, or sour cream)
  • 1 egg
  • 3-4 TB. melted butter
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (minis work best)
Preparation:

1. Combine strawberries and sugar and let sit for at least one hour at room temperature (overnight or all day is even better).

2. Preheat oven to 400 degree and grease 14 muffin cups.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

4. Strain liquid from strawberries into a medium bowl; reserve strawberries. Add yogurt, egg and butter. Mix well.

5. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. You may have to add some additional yogurt or milk if you haven't let the strawberries sit for very long. Stir in chocolate chips and reserved strawberries.
6. Scoop batter into muffin cups and bake for 20-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
**Special note: Combining the sugar and strawberries gives you an excellent syrup to flavor the muffins and concentrates the flavor of the remaining strawberries. They actually shrink to about 1/3 of their original size if you let them sit for long enough.

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