I think it takes a whole lot of will power to resist the temptation of good bargains. That’s why whenever I go shopping, especially grocery shopping, preparing a shopping list is always a good idea – for me anyway.
Walking into a grocery store with big “sale” signs adhering to the windows is always a bad sign – knowingly, I’ll end up with bucket loads of stuffs that are not on my list. 🙁 I mean who can resist deals like buy 1 get 1 free, buy 2 get 1 free, buy 2 for x dollars… right? And yes, having studied a course in marketing still doesn’t stop me from falling prey to psychological pricing. I should’ve known better. 😛
When I saw 2 punnets of strawberries selling for $5, overpowered by my adrenaline instead of my shopping list, I gave in. My rationale is there’s no harm in storing more fruits in the fridge. After all I choose fruits over vegetables any day.
When I got home, I’ve realised that I’ve gone overzealous with the purchase of strawberries. To avoid unnecessary wastage, I’ve kept some for straight consumption, freeze some (perfect for making smoothies & crumble later) and the rest for muffins.
This muffin recipe is found at the back of The Healthy Baker’s self raising flour container. Originally meant for raspberry crunch muffins, the price of raspberry can be quite expensive over in Australia – about $5 to $6 for a small punnet! So whenever I came across recipes with raspberries, I tend to substitute them with strawberries. Not quite the same thing but they are pretty close in my book. 🙂
Strawberry Crunch Muffins
(tweaked slightly from Holly’s raspberry crunch muffins recipe)
As it was a spontaneous baking, I have replaced buttermillk with yoghurt. I suspect because of the switch, the batter became slightly dry. So I have added about 2 tbsps of milk just before adding the chopped strawberries.
For the topping, I have traded rolled oats for almond flakes for better crunch. Dessicated coconut makes a nice alternative too . 🙂
Makes about 16 medium sized muffins
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
100g butter, melted
1 cup yoghurt
2 tbsps milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
150g fresh strawberries
Crunch Topping:
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp self raising flour
2 tbsps demerera sugar
1 tbsp almond flakes
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius.
2. Grease a 12 hole (cup) muffin pan.
3. In a medium sized bowl, place eggs, butter, yoghurt and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine.
4. Sift in flour and brown sugar into the batter and stir until just combined.
5. Gently stir in chopped strawberries.
6. Divide mixture among holes of prepared pan.
7. Sprinkle topping (method below) over muffins before baking.
8. Bake muffins for about 20-25 minutes. Let the muffins stand in pan for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack.
Crunch Topping
1. Rub butter into flour and stir in sugar and almond flakes.
2. Sprinkle over muffins before baking.
I can sense this muffins are scream at me: ” cook me and eat me!!” to me. Such tasty looking muffins. Emily’s recipe always amazed me every time. Thank you for sharing.
Haha, that’s funny! 😀
You are too kind with your compliments. I’m glad that you like the recipe. Looking forward to your recipes too! 🙂 Take care.
I’m the same way, I can’t resist a good “sale” at the grocery store. I love going grocery shopping!I could probably spend hours there just looking at the different products.
The muffins look delicious 🙂
Hi Roxan,
Oh me too. Grocery store is like my second home. The problem is the longer I stay in the store, the more money I end up spending – oh, this is confession of a shopholic! lol
Thanks for your comment. Take care.
Great recipe. I like that you included almond for the topping.
Hi Joy,
Thanks for your comment. You can’t go wrong with nuts as topping. 🙂
I like the idea for the crumb topping :]. Great recipe!
Hi Tarah,
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad that you like the recipe. 🙂
Hey Emily, that’s a pretty muffin! Sounds good with the warm strawberry-Nice!
Hi Stella,
The muffins are really good especially they just out of the oven and you can taste the syrupy strawberries inside the muffins. Yum.
Sounds like I need to make another batch soon. hehe!
Me too! impulsed sale got me every time when I saw the sign “on sale”. Seems like you love everything crunchy? I love it too!
Hi Tanatha,
Is it getting too obvious that I love everything crunchy? 😛 Maybe this is my food OCD, lol.
Thanks for stopping by my site. 🙂
What a perfect way to use up all those strawberries! Looks delish!!
Hi Jessie,
Yes, definitely. Whenever you need a way to use up your strawberries, this recipe is highly recommended!
(hmm, I realize I sound like the buyer/seller comments on Ebay)
Anyway, thanks for your comment. 🙂
Oh, the love the looks of these! Muffins are so comforting!
Great looking muffins!
I am always buying stuff I don’t need on sale. At least you salvaged your impulsiveness with a great recipe! I am usually throwing stuff away! 🙂
That’s a DEAL on strawberries. I would have loaded up, too. One thing great about strawberries is that they freeze easily and freeze well.
There is nothing better than a muffin with a crunch topping. Delicious!
You know I am like you too, if I see a sale sign I buy things I do not need 🙂 but in this case I am happy as this is something I would love to make and with almonds on top, it is simply yummy.
Yummy! These muffins look great!! My favorite muffin recipe is for Bay State Muffins – http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/bay_state_muffins.htm – I’m definitely adding yours to my “To Try” list! Thanks for sharing!