I’m beginning to see cherries in the market and my Cherry Vanilla Muffins would be a delicious way to incorporate them into your daily meals.
After gorging myself on cherries every night for the past few days, I finally decided to bake something while I still had a few on hand. I didn’t want to make anything too decadent or sweet today so I turned to muffins, or as I like to think of them “almost cupcakes”
I have a good go-to recipe for muffins, which has seen quite a few variations over the years and has yet to fail me. The muffins were perfect, a delightful crumb, not too sweet with just a little bit of crunch on the exterior.
Feel free to change them up a bit, but the base recipe is a keeper and should be filed away for further use.
I hope you enjoy these as much as we did!
These little muffins truly are a wonderful treat, they freeze well and can provide a much better start to your day than some store-made over-processed version. If you don’t have cherries try peaches, nectarines, or berries…..just try them.
One thing I do is measure out all my dry ingredients and have a few sets made up in zip-lock bags ready to go. That way when I stumble out of bed, it’s not such a chore to make the muffins and have them ready for breakfast by the time my wife gets up. If you have fruit to prep do it the night before too!
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Cherry Vanilla Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup low fat Greek yogurt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla powder or pure vanilla extract
- 1 lemon zest and a good squeeze of juice grated
- 2 cups sweet cherries pitted and cut in half fresh or frozen
- ½ cup granola for topping
Instructions
- Mix all your dry ingredients together in one bowl (including Vanilla Powder)
- Lightly beat the eggs and add in the Greek Yogurt, oil, lemon zest, and juice from the lemon. Mix all these ingredients until well blended.
- Add wet mixture to dry mixture and mix just enough to blend.
- Fold in the Cherries into the muffin mix. (donot over mix; it will make the muffins tough)
- Sprinkle the tops with granola.
- Bake for 25-30minutes at 350 degrees until the tops are golden brown.
- This will yield 6 large muffins or 12 small muffins
Wendy Irene
My brother-in-law has lots and lots of cherries right now from his Okanagan cherry trees. I'm going to send the recipe over.
Have a great week, Chef Dennis!
German Mama
These look great. I love cherries and muffins.
Adora's Box
Glad you're feeling better, Chef! Those are gorgeous, gorgeous muffins. I'm saving the recipe for when a baking mood strikes.
Lo-mo
Fantastic muffins! Cherries never last long enough in my house to bake with! I may have to salvage (read hide) a few so I can try out these muffins!
icancookthat
These muffins look wonderful!! I love the tip to measure out the ingredients so that you can make them in the morning. Amazing!
Rachel @ My Naturally Frugal Family
These might make me buy some cherries. Typically they are on the bottom of my list on fruits to consume.
However these muffins look phenomenal.
Susan
Now that is a muffin I could love. With the cherries…oh yes!!
Jessica
I love the fresh and delicious cherry halves in those muffins! I have also been enjoying bags and bags of cherries. I think tonight is the night to change it up and enjoy those wonderful cherry muffins!
janet@cupcakestocaviar
Another winner, Dennis. Now I need to go buy some cherries 😀
S.V.
These muffins look wonderful and since it's raining today in Seattle I feel like I should be eating one this afternoon. 🙂
Christine's Pantry
I would love a muffin with a cup of coffee. Yum!
Steph
I'm suddenly craving a muffin now 🙂 These looks great!!
Tanyab1990
Beautiful muffins! I love the use of the yogurt.
Katrina {In Katrina's Kitchen}
Muffins are one of those things that I just have difficulty capturing, They are so tasty but I just really struggle getting how beautiful they are. NOT YOU! You have me wanting to drive to the store right now to buy some cherries! Great job!!
Emily Malloy
Lovely!