Southern Living

Southern Living is one of my favorite magazines for finding recipes, home decorating, and gardening tips.  In the April issue there is a section dedicated to the almighty strawberry.  And since strawberries happen to be one of my favorite spring/summer time treats, I was hooked immediately.  Among the strawberry goodness was a recipe for strawberry-lemonade muffins.  They sounded amazing, quick, and fairly simple to make so I decided to give them a try!  Behold, my results:

If you want to try some for yourself check out the recipe below.  If you want to see this recipe along with much more strawberriliciousness (yes, I made that up) check out the April issue of Southern Living!  Happy Baking!

Strawberry-Lemonade Muffins

2 1/2 cups self-rising flour

1 1/4 cups sugar, divided

1 8oz. container sour cream

1/2 cup melted butter

1 tbsp. lemon zest

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

2 large eggs lightly beaten

1 1/2 diced fresh strawberries.

1. Preheat oven to 400.  Combine flour and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl.  Make a well in the center of the mixture.

2. Stir together sour cream and next 4 ingredients.  Add to flour mixture.  Stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently fold strawberries into batter.  Spoon batter into lightly greased 12 cup muffin pans, filling 3/4 full. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup sugar over the batter.

3. Bake at 400 for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown.