When life hands you strawberries that are a little bit past their prime…make berry muffins!
In addition to my oven that doesn’t open, I have a refrigerator that’s just a little too small. It’s a standard, apartment-sized appliance but it’s also deeper than it is wide and just in general, difficult to store things.
I often have to pile stuff on top of each other or stick smaller items behind large, unwieldy tupperware containers and the like.
As a result, important things like strawberries get caught behind loaves of bread and stacks of yogurts.
Recently, I was rummaging through my misshapen fridge and I found a container of strawberries, just past ripe, perfect candidates to mash with a fork and fold into a perfect muffin batter.
I had some extra blueberries on hand from the whole-wheat blueberry muffins I baked recently and what could be a better marriage than juicy blueberries and sweet strawberries?
Only a muffin bursting with both.
- 1⅔ cup fresh strawberries and blueberries
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Prepare a muffin tin with paper liners or grease with butter or spray oil.
- In a large bowl, smash with a fork the fresh berries. Add in the sugar, oil and eggs and combine. Add in the remaining ingredients until batter is completely moistened. Do not over mix.
- Fill greased muffin tins about ¾ with batter. Bake for 15 minutes or until muffins begin to brown around the edges and the centers spring back when touched.
21 Comments
Sophia
February 3, 2013 at 1:59 pmDelicious looking muffins! I’ll have to give these a try next time I have a few too many strawberries!
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Kerstin
May 1, 2010 at 12:39 pmMmmm, I wish I had one of these right now! I’m so glad berries are coming back into season again 🙂
Jessica @ The Cooking Chick
April 30, 2010 at 8:18 pmBerries are my favorite fruit and enveloped in muffin dough… I bet I will love them even more!
cookiepie
April 29, 2010 at 9:54 pmThose look fabulous!!
Jennifer
April 29, 2010 at 9:52 pmBlueberries AND strawberries?! I’ve never thought to put strawberries in muffins before, nor have I ever seen strawberry muffins anywhere. Great idea!
lisa
April 29, 2010 at 9:40 pmI always seem to lose yogurts and blueberries in my fridge..it never fails! These are definitely my kind of muffin!
Bethany
April 29, 2010 at 9:12 pmCool! I’ve never just smashed up berries and put them in muffins… but they look wonderful!
Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
April 29, 2010 at 9:02 pmIsn’t it fun to find things buried in the fridge that are still viable? I hate finding the things that have gone to mold, but a perfectly useful piece of something that’s just gotten buried in there is always a delight.
kat
April 29, 2010 at 5:39 pmOh mixed berry, yummy!
Jessica
April 29, 2010 at 4:22 pmLooks awesome! Blueberry muffins are my love but strawberry intrigues me. Doesn’t it get kind of mushy when baking?
runnerforever
April 29, 2010 at 1:46 pmI have never heard of putting strawberries in muffins, but it sounds fantastic. Thanks for the great recipe!
Lindsay
April 29, 2010 at 1:15 pmThose muffins look awesome! I am suuuuch a sucker for muffins!!
Lynn @ The Actors Diet
April 29, 2010 at 11:54 ami have never had a strawberry muffin before – and why not?! that’s kinda weird that it’s not a bakery staple!
Judy
April 29, 2010 at 11:21 amI am making these as we speak! The only thing I have done different is to use apple sauce instead of the oil…LOL! Always trying to cut out some of the fat!
Nichole
April 29, 2010 at 10:21 amWhen life hands me strawberries, I make daiquiris. But these muffins look divine. Is there ever NOT a good time for muffins?
Lexi
April 29, 2010 at 10:21 amI have this recipe and make it often, it’s one of my favorites!
Joanne
April 29, 2010 at 9:13 amI think muffins are the perfect vehicle for using up imperfect or slightly old fruits! It’s like they breathe new life into them. These look great.
Daryl
April 29, 2010 at 9:12 amThese look fabulous. I love both strawberries and blueberries and this sure is the season for them! Is there such a thing as a mango muffin?
Sophie
April 29, 2010 at 3:35 amWhat tasty & lovely muffins, dear Maris!!
MMMMMM,…all the way!
Ashley
April 29, 2010 at 1:35 amI would never think to put strawberries in muffins, but it somehow seems perfect.