Sunday, February 14, 2010

Made with Love

We had a lovely day at home snuggling, baking, laughing, playing...

Together we made strawberry cream cheese muffins sprinkled with LOVE!


2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup strawberry jam, plus 1 tablespoon extra
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces cream cheese (12 cubes)
confectioners' sugar for dusting


  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Line muffin cups with parchment paper
  • In large mixing bowl, sift flour. Stir in sugar. Add strawberries to dry ingredients.
  • In small mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, butter, 1/4 cup jam, and vanilla. Add all at once to flour mixture and stir till just moistened.
  • Spoon 2/3 of batter into the prepared muffins cups. Place cube of cream cheese in center of each cup and top with a little extra jam. Cover with remaining batter.
  • Bake until golden brown and toothpick inserted into cake part comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
  • Dust with confectioner's sugar

recipe from Perfect Muffins

We added fresh strawberries and chocolate chips to the top before baking:)

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