Strawberry Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose, unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup Ideal Sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped strawberries (for muffins, not jam)
• 1/4 cup egg whites
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup- 1 cup chopped strawberries & 1/2 cup Ideal sugar for jam
• 1/4 cup applesauce

Directions:

1. Mix dry ingredients
2. Add in egg, vanilla, milk, applesauce, and mix well
3. Fold in strawberries.
4. Bake at 350 until golden (around 20-25 mins)
5. While baking cook jam
1. Mix strawberries and sugar
2. Cook over medium heat until thick and mash if needed
6. While muffins are hot core a center hole or simply mash in a tsp or 2 of the warm strawberry jam.

If ya want to...

**over low heat melt 1/4 cup cream cheese and add in 1/4 cup Ideal sugar, drizzle over muffins

Mix Dry Ingredients for muffins

**no picture but add wet in and mix well

**fold in strawberries

Chop up more strawberries for the jam filling

Cook strawberries with a bit of sugar to make the jam

Mash Up strawberries and cook until they are thick

Make holes in muffins and place a few teaspoons of the strawberry jam