These Strawberry Muffins are soft, moist, and packed with juicy strawberries in every bite. Topped with a buttery strawberry crumble and finished with a sweet cream cheese glaze, they offer the perfect balance of fruity, buttery, and creamy flavors. Whether enjoyed fresh out of the oven or saved for later, these muffins make a delightful breakfast or snack!
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword strawberry muffins
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 22 minutesminutes
Cool Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 57 minutesminutes
Servings 16muffins
Calories 310kcal
Author Camila Hurst
Ingredients
Strawberry Crumble
½cupplus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour72 grams
2½tbspgranulated sugar33 grams
3tbspbrown sugar45 grams
3tbspchopped freeze dried strawberries16 grams
¼cupunsalted buttermelted (56 grams)
Strawberry Muffin Recipe
6tbspunsalted butter melted84 grams
¼cupvegetable oil60 ml
2large eggsroom temperature
¾cupsour cream180 grams
1tspvanilla extract
1cupmilk240 ml
2½cupsall-purpose flour318 grams
2tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
¼tspsalt
1cupgranulated sugar200 grams
2cupschopped strawberries250 grams
1tspall-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Glaze
3tbspcream cheese at room temperature42 grams
½tbspunsalted butter7 grams
3-4tbsppowdered sugar31 grams
1-3tbspmilk
Instructions
Strawberry Crumble
To make the crumble, mix the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and chopped freeze dried strawberries in a bowl. Add the melted butter and mix to combine. Set aside. You can keep it in the fridge while you make the muffins.
Strawberry Muffin Batter
Pre-heat the oven to 425ºF.
Grease or line 16 muffin tins with baking paper liners. This recipe yields about 16 regular size muffins, and 8 jumbo.
Add the melted butter, vegetable oil, sour cream, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract to a bowl. Whisk until completely incorporated.
In another large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix with a rubber spatula until the batter comes together.
Toss the strawberries with the remaining tsp of flour, and add the strawberries to the batter. Fold to combine.
Don’t over mix or the muffins can turn out dry or dense.
Divide the batter between the muffin tins lined with cupcake papers. You want to fill each one up until almost full, about 3/4 full.
Sprinkle about about 1 tbsp of the crumble over each muffin. You can skip the crumble and sprinkle the muffins with coarse, turbinado, or raw sugar.
Baking
Bake the muffins in the pre-heated 425ºF oven for 7 minutes.
Lower the temperature to 350ºF and bake for another 12 to 15 minutes until golden around the edges, and a toothpick inserted in the muffin should come out clean.
Let the muffins cool down before serving.
Cream Cheese Glaze
To make the glaze, beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and 1 tbsp of milk using a hand mixer. You can also use a whisk as long as you can vigorously whisk the mixture.
Once the glaze is smooth, it’s ready. If you notice the glaze is too thick, add the remaining milk, so you are able to drizzle.
Pour the glaze over each cooled down muffin.
Notes
Storage: These muffins are best enjoyed the day they’re made, but they can also be stored in the fridge or freezer.Refrigerator: Store muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Before serving, let them come fully to room temperature.Freezer:Place muffins in a freezer bag or airtight container and freeze for up to 2 months. To thaw, let them sit at room temperature for about 1 hour or thaw overnight in the refrigerator.Gluten-Free Option: Swap the all-purpose flour for a 1:1 gluten free flour to make these muffins gluten-free.Cream Cheese: Use full-fat block cream cheese, not spreadable cream cheese. Spreadable versions contain additives that affect the texture of the filling.Resting the Batter: For taller, bakery-style muffins, let the muffin batter rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours, before baking. This allows the flour to hydrate and helps the muffins rise higher.Sour Cream Substitute:Plain full-fat yogurt can be used in place of sour cream in equal amounts.Add nuts: Add some of your favorite nuts like walnuts or pecans to give this a nutty crunch!
Crumble: If you don't have freeze dried strawberry, leave it out and sub with all-purpose flour.