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
Heather
You never cease to amaze me! 🙂
Kate from Scratch
All muffins are delicious, but these are exceptional. I love the addition of greek yogurt and the crumbly crunchy topping..truly outstanding. Thanks for the recipe!
Julie M.
So glad to hear you're feeling better; summer flu sounds awful. 🙁 These muffins, on the other hand, are anything but; they look delicious! I love cherry season!
Megan @ Pip and Ebby
I have been gorging myself on cherries lately, too! I love them, and I have been looking for good cherry recipes. These muffins look great! I love that you measure out dry ingredients ahead of time…great idea!
Marguerite
How sweet of you to make these muffins for your wife! They look totally scrumptious! I just bought some cherries and I can't wait to try them! Thanks for another great recipe for the "Chef Dennis" file. 🙂
Lisa (this litttle piggy)
Your lucky wife – having you make them before she gets up! Love the addition of yoghurt and the granola topping. You are right this is a keeper – will try soon – that's if I can stop eating all the cherries too!
5 Star Foodie
Love the idea of cherry muffins, scrumptious!
Bobbie
Dennis, These muffins look amazing, cherry and vanilla are my favorite flavors!
Tiffany
BELEZA! And a great flavor profile (I especially love the lemon zest to cut some of the sweetness). Can't wait to see your new site!
The Farmers Wife
I am so picking up some cherries on Thursday when I go shopping now.. You hit this out of the park Chef Dennis! Love this!
Jennifurla
I have taken advatage of so many berries!
Kate@Diethood
Holy mother of muffins!! Look at those cherries…wow! That's one amazing muffin.
Heidi @ Food Doodles
Beautiful! I love the lemon zest and I really love the big pieces of cherry. Yum!
Gourmantine
They are so so so perfect for breakfast (or any time of the day for the matter)! Beautiful!
wok with ray
Chef Dennis – This yummy looking cherry vanilla muffin is almost jumping out of my monitor. Looks really mouth watering. Thank you for sharing.
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