1¼ cups halved strawberries
3 teaspoons butter, softened
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
2 large eggs
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1¼ cups plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a muffin tin with cooking spray. Set aside.
Combine the strawberries, butter, orange rind, and eggs in a blender. Process just until mixed.
In a large bowl combine the flour, 1¼ cups of the sugar, the baking powder, and salt. Add the strawberry mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake 20 minutes, or until the muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove from the pan immediately.
Makes 12 muffins
Barbara Sierra-Franco, Princess of Prussia
Purple Queens of Prussia,
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania