I love muffins in the morning as my pre-workout snack.  These are the perfect spring muffin when strawberries are fresh from the farmers market.  I made strawberry yogurt glaze I added as I served the muffins so they wouldn’t get mushy.

Ingredients:

Muffins-

½ cup unsweetened applesauce

1 ½ cups all purpose flour

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

2 tablespoons freeze dried powdered strawberries

¼ sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

8 ounces strawberries chopped

Glaze-

¼ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons freeze dried powdered strawberries

1 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and spray muffin tins with nonstick spray.
2. Add applesauce, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs to a mixer and gently mix.
3. Whisk flour, protein powder, freeze dried strawberry powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
4. Gradually fold in the dry ingredients being careful not to overmix.
5. Add the strawberries and just mix in.
6. Use a large cookie scooper to fill muffin tins.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until muffins are done in the center.
8. Let muffins cool in muffin tins for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. Mix yogurt, sugar, and freeze-dried strawberry powder to make the glaze.
10. Add a tablespoon of glaze to the muffins when ready to serve.
11. Enjoy!