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
Anne@frommysweetheart
These muffins are beautiful! I love the combination of cherry-vanilla. But those cherries…wow! I can't wait to try these! : )
Carolyn
These look fantastic, Dennis. I find it hard to bake with fresh fruit when it's at its peak because I just want to eat it all fresh! So I know how you feel gorging on those berries.
Jennifer
Cherries are one of my favorite fruits. I don't get to them very often and they are very pricey here. Nice muffins! Never actually seen a cherry muffin before.
Kim Bee
Beautiful muffins. Think I need another trip to the market so I restock my cherry supplies. I must make these. I love the pics too.
Pam
No doubt in my mind about how delicious these are. I love cherries and have to give this a try! Way to go, Dennis!
Lizzy
These are gorgeous muffins, Dennis…great idea to keep a supply of dry ingredients ready to go. I'd love these to start my morning 🙂
Michael Toa
I absolutely love cherries. I cannot stop munching them too. I had 3-4 punnets at least already. They're so sweet this season. Beautiful muffins chef!
kankana
Oh yeah .. i am eating cherries non stop .. make cake , jam and yet I am eating non stop ! May be should also make that gorgeous muffins you made.
Kath
Glad you're feeling better, Dennis, and that the weather has cooled off a bit for you.
I can see why these are your "go to" muffins! The ingredients look perfect. I will be trying these!
Kate
Those look beautiful. I have cherries AND we're taking tomorrow off to work on the house. Might be a plan here 🙂 Glad you're feeling better.
Shilpa
I have never seen muffins being made with greek yoghurt. I can just picture the moistness and soft texture it would give to the muffin. I love cherries – make the most amazing desserts and also are so beautiful and just perfect for photography! I have bookmarked this recipe and will make this sometime soon.
Thanks for sharing.
Erin
I love muffins! I always have them in my freezer. These with cherries look amazing! And I love that you put greek yogurt in there – kind of makes you feel better about all the calories 🙂
Myrna
Cherry Vanilla muffins, yuuummm!!! Yes! This recipe certainly looks worth trying=) Thanks for sharing!
jose manuel
Que delicia. Magnificos.
Saludos
tanja
Those muffins look fantastic! Love the use of yogurt in muffins!
Have a wonderful week, Chef dennis!