Cherries and Cream Muffins

Submitted by RecipeNut

"Bake these muffins and make mouths water."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups frozen unsweetened tart red cherries
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 1/2 cup half-and-half or 1/2 cup milk
• granulated sugar

directions

1. Cut cherries in halves while frozen.
2. Set aside to thaw and drain.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, almond extract and vanilla, beating well.
5. Crush 1/2 cup cherries with a fork; add to batter.
6. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
7. Fold in half the flour with a spatula, then half the cream.
8. Add remaining flour and cream.
9. Fold in remaining cherry halves.
10. Portion batter evenly into 12 paper-lined or lightly greased muffin cups (2 3/4 inches in diameter).
11. Sprinkle with sugar.
12. Bake in a preheated 375º oven 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Reviews

[Canadian WesternGirl]

Fantastic muffins! I made them with fresh cherries instead of frozen, and they turned out wonderfully. I also subbed 1/4 cup vanilla falvoured coffee creamer + 1/4 cup skim milk for the light cream. The recipe yielded 12 large muffins for me - I probably could have squeezed 18 smaller muffins out of the recipe if I wanted to, but I like the larger version. Thanks for the great idea!!!

 

[gunnerbun]

I made this recipe for friends at work. Several asked for the recipe! The muffins are moist and the cherry/almond combination is great! I couldn't find frozen cherries so I used canned. I'm sure the frozen would be a little firmer in the finished product.

 

[Megan Porter]

These are awesome! The batter was thicker than I thought it would be but they came out perfectly.