Strawberry Oat Bran Muffins

(Based on Ina Garten's recipe)

Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup oat bran (Ina: 3 cups all-purpose flour)
me: Ground flax seed, approx 1/8 cup

1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (I omitted b/c I used salted butter)
1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (I round up to two)
me: 2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups milk (I added a tiny bit extra)
2 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
3 cups diced fresh strawberries (Ina: 2 cups diced fresh strawberries )
1 cup sugar (Ina: 1 1/2 cups sugar)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper liners.

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Stir with your hand to be sure the ingredients are combined. In a 2-cup glass measure, combine the milk, eggs, and melted butter. Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture, pour the wet mixture into the well, and stir until just combined. There will be some lumps but don't overmix the batter! Add the strawberries and sugar and stir gently to combine.

(Note: I added sugar to other dry ingredients and only mixed in the strawberries at the end.)

Using a 2 1/4-inch ice cream scoop, spoon the batter into the muffin cups to fill the liners. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean and the tops are nicely browned.

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NOTES: despite the whole wheat, oat bran and flax, these muffins turned out pretty fluffy.