Saturday, June 5, 2010

Ripe Strawberries


Happy first week of CSA!

Adam and I were really excited to meet everyone on Thursday. Unfortunately, we've had a busy few days and forgot about our wonderful strawberries. When we went to eat them this morning they were on the verge of being too ripe, so we decided to make them into muffins! Here is the recipe we used:

Muffin Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup milk or half and half or soymilk (whatever you have in the house)
  • 1 small single-serving container of strawberry yogurt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a muffin pan, or use paper liners. In a small bowl, combine oats, yogurt and milk, and let stand 5 minutes. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together the egg, oil, brown sugar and vanilla. Blend in the oat mixture. Stir in the flour mixture, just until moistened. Fold in strawberries. (I also threw in some chocolate chips) Fill muffin cups 2/3 to 3/4 full.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Icing

This icing recipe is really easy. When I worked at the Blue Moon Cafe in Fell's Point, we would whip this stuff up and drizzle it over our freshly baked cinnamon rolls. Yum. Anyway, we mostly made it by feel, so there aren't any specific measurements. Just go with it!


Ingredients
  • Milk or half and half or soymilk
  • vanilla
  • powdered sugar
  • cornstarch (if you want it thicker)
Directions
  1. Put a handful of powdered sugar in a bowl.
  2. Add a touch of vanilla (maybe a teaspoon?)
  3. Add a glug of milk.
  4. Stir until it is a smooth creamy consistency.
  5. Spoon it over your warm muffins.
I also shaved a chocolate bar and sprinkled the shavings on top of the muffins. Hope you enjoy them!



What did you guys do with your strawberries? Or anything else for that matter? Share with us in the comments.
And FYI, this is a community blog, so anyone who wants to post is more than welcome. Share your recipes and thoughts about the CSA or food in general! Just email adam_yeargin @ hcpss.org for an account. Thanks and see you all on Thursday.

2 comments:

  1. I made these strawberry muffins to take to a get together with friends and they were a big hit. Instead of rolled oats I used steel cut oats, but I do think they would have come out better if I had used the rolled oats. I added some chocolate chips but did not get a chance to make the icing. For the first time ever, I also made a strawberry rhubarb pie recently that included rhubarb that my mother brought to me all the way from a friend's garden in upstate New York.

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  2. Awesome! Rhubarb is relatively new to me, but I've loved everything we've made with it. Next time we get some I will definitely try the strawberry rhubarb pie.

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