Bakery Style Fresh Strawberry Muffins (Print Version)

Moist, fluffy muffins loaded with fresh strawberries and vanilla, finished with a crunchy sugar topping.

# What You Need:

→ Dry Ingredients

01 - 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1 tbsp baking powder
03 - ½ tsp baking soda
04 - ½ tsp salt

→ Wet Ingredients

05 - ½ cup vegetable oil or melted unsalted butter
06 - 1 cup granulated sugar
07 - 2 large eggs, room temperature
08 - 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
09 - 2 tsp pure vanilla extract

→ Fruit

10 - 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and diced

→ Topping

11 - 2 tbsp coarse sugar

# How-To Steps:

01 - Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease thoroughly.
02 - Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until well blended.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk oil or melted butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and fully combined.
04 - Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Gently stir until just combined—batter should remain slightly lumpy. Avoid overmixing.
05 - Fold diced strawberries into batter until evenly distributed throughout.
06 - Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full.
07 - Sprinkle coarse sugar generously over the top of each muffin.
08 - Bake for 22 to 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and tops are golden brown.
09 - Let muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • The coarse sugar topping makes them look and taste like something from a fancy bakery case
  • They stay incredibly moist for days thanks to the oil in the batter
  • fresh strawberries bake into little pockets of jam instead of sinking to the bottom
02 -
  • Overmixing the batter makes muffins tough and chewy instead of tender
  • Fresh strawberries work much better than frozen, which release too much water
  • The coarse sugar topping is not optional if you want that authentic bakery look
03 -
  • Dice strawberries into small pieces so every bite gets fruit without making the batter soggy
  • Use room temperature ingredients to help the muffins rise evenly and bake through properly

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