Hoods are delicious. Sweet. Juicy.
Brief.
This year they are early. Which means they are still delicious and juicy. But they aren't as sweet as they will be. Nor as brief.
I've perused the internet to find as many ways as I can to eat them. My Pinterest is loaded with what I've found. But I'll be adding more. Cuz I just can't get enough.
I made Fresh Strawberry Muffins this morning. Oh yum. They are a veritable taste treat all by themselves.
But I couldn't leave it at that.
We had then with Strawberry Butter.
Decadent.
If these aren't better than strawberry shortcake...
The natural sugar of the berries mixed with the salty of the butter, then the lightly sweet taste of real maple syrup all blended together in buttery goodness and, ohhhhh, sweet mother of mouth-melting goodness.
Strawberry Butter ala Delish
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~Cut up a bunch of berries. This is a great way to use up the mushy ones. ~ Mash them up, however you choose to do that. I used my great grandma's nut chopper and it worked great. |
~Mix those little beauties into softened butter (mine comes from grass-fed cows:). Or, as in my case, completely melted butter. Hey, my little guy wanted something to drink and the butter jumped from polar freeze to liquid inferno in 20 seconds flat.
~Stir in***REAL*** maple syrup to taste. I must stress the word "real". If you use Aunt Jemima or other pancake syrup, you will end up with high fructose corn syrup butter, not lightly sweetened perfect butter.
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The muffin recipe says the muffins aren't too good the next day.
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| Ummmm, I'm thinking that won't be a problem... |
