Strawberry Shortcake Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, diced and well drained
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for sprinkling on top) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and sugar. cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork.
• 2 in a small bowl, mix egg, cream, and vanilla. add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture and mix with spoon.
• 3 gently fold in strawberries.
• 4 spoon batter into greased muffin tins. sprinkle with sugar, if desired, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
• 5 remove from oven and cool before removing from pan.
• 6 if muffins weren't sprinkled with granulated sugar prior to baking, you can dust tops with confectioners' sugar before serving.
• 7 yields: 12 to 15 muffins.