CHERRY MUFFINS
There is nothing better than starting Sunday off with these fresh, warm CHERRY MUFFINS. That is how we began our day yesterday. Have you tried cherry muffins yet? I wanted to make blueberry muffins initially, but I realized that those blueberries that I had been probably in the refrigerator for too long and they were not fresh anymore. I decided to replace those blueberries for cherries. What an awesome choice it was! Cherries are so good to use for baking! I remember growing up and picking cherries at grandma’s house each summer. I just wish I could take myself back in time for a few days. Awh…Good memories.
This muffin recipe is super easy, and you can put it together in less than 10 minutes. Sundays are typically big breakfast days at my house. We either make WAFFLES, CREPES, MUFFINS or eggs. During the week, we only have time to grab a bowl of cereal as we are always in a rush to get out of the house.
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 Tbsp butter (1 stick), melted
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup fresh cherries
- Preheat your oven to 400°F.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients—the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, place melted butter, sugar, eggs, milk. Whisk together until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar/egg mixture a third at a time and mix until just incorporated.
- Gently fold the cherries into the mixture.
- Use a standard 12-well muffin pan. Place a muffin liner in each well of the muffin pan, or if you don’t have muffin liners, grease the inside of the muffin pan wells with vegetable oil or butter. Distribute the dough equally among the cups. You’ll need to fill them very high to use all of the batters in 12 muffins, which is fine.
- Place the muffins in the oven and bake at 400°F until the muffins are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
These fluffy muffins are the perfect start for the day with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.
Let me know how you like these awesome muffins! They got on my family favorites list.
Here are some of my muffin recipe to try!
Have a fabulous week! Be sure to visit back tomorrow and see what we’ve created for our WEST ELM KNOCK OFF series.
Cheers,
Aniko
These are amazing and easy to make. Added a teaspoon of vanilla paste to the second batch which took them to another level. Will be on heavy rotation.
I made a cherry glaze to go over the top of the muffins – yum!
Hi, thank you for sharing. These look very delish!! I would really like to try them out however i have only frozen cherries. Do you think they will work instead of fresh ones?
Absolutely! Either is perfect! 🙂
Thank you for very easy and delicious recipe. I just baked and the result was really nice.
Do you chop the cherries or leave them whole?
Leave them whole! 🙂 YUm!
Hi Aniko,,
I am ready to bake the Muffins. Is it OK to use a jumbo pan? Rather the small muffin pan?
Are you using sweet cherries for this recipe?
Sweet or sour would do well!:-)
Just made these and they are delicious! I added a teaspoon of almond extract which I highly recommend if u like that flavor. It enhances the cherrieS. Thanks for a great recipe! ????
These muffins were a huge hit! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
They are always a huge hit at my house!!♥ Glad you loved them!
Have you tried these with canned cherry pie filling…for some reason, I have a can! They look delicious! Thanks for sharing this!
You should be OK with the can cherries:-) Let me know how they turn out!