Best-Ever Strawberry Muffins

Everyone will want seconds of this delicious Strawberry Muffin Recipe! It has a tender, chewy crumb and swirly cream cheese filling.

Here’s a recipe that’s even more delicious than it looks… these delicious ones Strawberry muffins with cream cheese strudel! Imagine: a muffin with a soft crumb: just the right amount of sweetness and deliciously moist. Then add a strawberry and cream cheese filling that coats everything with sweet and savory richness. Our 4 year old had the idea of ​​making strawberry muffins (brilliant!) so we tried our favorite pumpkin muffin. It turns out this one is even better than the original!

Why make these strawberry muffins

Some strawberry muffins have small pieces of strawberry in the batter, much like you would a blueberry muffin. But when we tried this style of strawberry muffins, the chunks of berries made the batter soggy. Here’s what makes this strawberry muffin recipe the best ever:

• Strawberries are incorporated into a cream cheese strudel. This way the berries will fit into a creamy filling and leave the bottom of the muffin perfectly moist. Man, is that delicious!
• The muffins are just sweet enough. Many muffins are glorified cupcakes: they’re just sweet enough to be rightly called muffins.
• They’re moist with applesauce! Applesauce makes a perfectly moist cake serving of the muffin without being too buttery or greasy.

How to make cream cheese filling and swirl

These strawberry muffins are pretty simple: the only part that needs a little more explaining is the cream cheese strudel. Here’s what you need to know about this part of the recipe:

• Cut the strawberries into small pieces. This will help the strawberries integrate with the cream cheese – it will turn pink but still have strawberry bits (that’s expected!).
• Spoon cream cheese onto the muffin batter by the spoonful. Use a large tablespoon.
• Use a toothpick to swirl the cheese and press into the batter. Stir it around so it fits on top of the muffin batter.

Storage Instructions for Strawberry Muffins

Since there’s cream cheese on top, these strawberry muffins should be stored in the fridge rather than at room temperature like other muffins. Here are some hints:

• Muffins taste best the day they are baked. After cooking, wait for them to reach room temperature, then devour. They taste fantastic during the day.
• Refrigerate for 5 days. Put them in the fridge to store them. Remember to let them come to room temperature for a minute or two before enjoying.
• Do not freeze. The cream cheese filling doesn’t hold up well in the freezer, so we don’t recommend freezing it here.

When to serve them!

These strawberry muffins are perfect when you have a bunch of strawberries that you don’t know what to do with. They are also absolutely perfect for entertaining! Here are some ideas to combine them:

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This strawberry muffin recipe is…

Vegetarian.