Lucy was born in the height of June last summer. Berries had come to market and their sweetness was unmatched. I ate berries each morning and spent the days waiting for our little girl to make her arrival. For that reason, Lucy will always be my strawberry-girl.
Now, she’s eating berries of her own. Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries…she loves them all. But as any parent knows, babies and toddlers can be rather inconsistent in their eating habits. One day she’ll eat a dozen, the next day she’s content with just two or three. So after a few days of more milk than berries, I had some very ripe fruit in my refrigerator.
These berry muffins seemed like the perfect way to use up our uneaten produce…and after we took our first bite, we knew we’d now be going out to buy more berries just so we could make these again soon. This recipe calls for whole milk yogurt. And If you haven’t made muffins with yogurt before, you should. The yogurt adds moisture and a slight tang. It’s a perfect compliment to sweet berries. And berries: use a lot of them. I folded in blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. My batter turned purple with my first spoon stroke.
Bountiful Berry Muffins
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup whole milk yogurt
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 1/2 cups berries, mixedPreheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Toss the berries in the flour mixture to prevent sinking.In a larger bowl, whisk together sugar, cinnamon, 2 eggs, yogurt, and butter until smooth. Gently fold dry ingredients and berries into wet ingredients. Do not overmix. Scoop batter into a standard muffin pan lined with paper tins or greased with butter. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
We are crazy for berries in our family too. And these look incredibly good!
Fearless Baby loves berries, too, especially strawberries! They’re one of the few foods that I actually have to cut her off on, because she’ll eat them until she gets sick! I bet she’d love these muffins – I must try them soon and give her a little nibble. =)
These muffins look so delicious, and incredibly bountiful with all of those berries, Monet! I need to make a batch of these next time the berries from the farmer’s market are getting a little too ripe. 🙂
Beautiful muffins! Such a delicious way to use produce that will soon go bad.
im so ready for berries too but i havent found the perfectly sweet ones.
Berries are some of my favorite fruit and it’s so cute to picture Lucy enjoying them. These are so gorgeous – I love a berry-filled muffin! What a perfect breakfast or snack 🙂
Who doesn’t like muffins? I sure do, and I’ve love these. You did save some for me, right? 😉 Really nice — thanks.
There is something about a berry muffin that I just cannot resist! Any kind of berry and you can count me in!
We go in and out of the berry phase too. Over the weekend he couldn’t get enough blueberries. Starting yesterday though strawberries and raspberries are “yucky.”
I love how many berries you have in these! Muffins with berries are my favorite : ) And with the yogurt these are just a more fun version of my daily snack of fruit and yogurt! haha Hope you’re having a great week!
“Lucy will always be my strawberry-girl” <– what a beautiful sentiment, Monet! I love that! Just as I love these beautiful, moist, flavourful muffins. Great idea to use three berries and the yogurt makes them healthier. This is perfect for breakfast or a mid-morning snack.
We were just thinking about making clafoutis with blackberries and blueberries. Then…. then… we got lazy
but there is some hope for me, I woke up early and made a yogurt lemon poppyseed cake. My department was overjoyed! 😉
I saw this pop up on my Facebook feed this morning and was absolutely stopped in my tracks–LOVE the color on these muffins! I’ve just started grabbing more berries from the farmer’s market, I’m excited to try these!
Muffins with yogurt and berries? I’m in, anytime 🙂
Just gorgeous Monet – they look so tempting! And love following the journey with your little girl!
Your muffins have perfect tops, I can never get that overflowing top sigh! looks so lovely!
I love that these are so super duper berryful!! And that Lucy is such a berry lover. She really is your berry girl!
It has been way too long since I’ve made blueberry muffins! These beautiful berry packed ones have me ready to bake a batch NOW!
I have fond memories of my son as a little one stuffing his face with with berries. Blueberries were his favorite. He’d eat as many as I would give him. These berry muffins look absolutely delicious!
AWE AWE AWE! What an absolutely sweet story about how your daughter will always be your strawberry girl! These muffins sounds supper yummy, I love fresh fruit in muffins, makes the most flavorful ones!
Little Man has been demanding muffins after watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon where Mickey eats muffins 🙂 I think I may just have to make these for him!
Beautiful photos Monet, I love that contrast between the blue and the vibrant, plump red strawberries! Gorgeous. Unfortunately we’ve left berry season well and truly behind over here (it’s winter next week!) but I might scrounge up some frozen ones for berry muffin merriment! Lovely post x
Oh, I so wish it was berry season here! These look perfect for breakfast 🙂
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they look yummy!
Monet, you are so lucky your sweet little one LOVES berries! Most babes are not really into the texture. But, speaking of texture… I can just bet these muffins are beyond amazing!
This is my favorite time of year with all of the berries. I would love every bit of these muffins. And you cannot let berries go bad.
I have had SUCH a muffin craving lately and there’s just so many recipes out there that I got overwhelmed and ended up making none of them 🙁 But I think these are the answer. They’re totally beautiful! The tops look so good, I think I’d eat them first 😉
And on an unrelated note, I can’t believe your little June baby is going to be one soon~!
what a lovely name for the muffins! these look absolutely delicious! and I cannot believe Lucy is nearly a year old!