Cherry Muffins With Streusel Topping Recipes

CHERRY-STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In medium bowl, mix all topping ingredients except butter. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until crumbly. Set aside.
• Chop cherries; set aside. In large bowl, mix 1 1/3 cups flour, the granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. In small bowl, beat oil, reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice, almond extract, vanilla and eggs with fork until blended. Stir cherry juice mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Fold in cherries and almonds. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle each with about 1 tablespoon topping.
• Bake 19 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm if desired.

CHERRY MUFFINS WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin; or line the tin with papers, and grease the papers.
• For Muffins
• In a medium sized bowl whisk the eggs with the milk and vanilla extract.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour with the sugar, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or your fingertips. (The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.)
• Remove one cup of the mixture and set aside in a separate bowl to make the streusel topping.
• Gently fold cherries and lemon zest in the remaining muffin batter.
• Add the milk and egg mixture to the flour mixture. Stir just until combined.
• Fill each muffin cup about ¾ full with the batter, using two spoons or an ice cream scoop.
• Streusel Topping
• Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and stir into the reserved one cup of flour mixture until it is crumbly and looks like coarse meal. Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of the streusel on top of each muffin.
• Bake the muffins for about 20-25 minutes, until they're light golden brown on top, and a toothpick inserted into the middle of one of the center muffins comes out clean.
• Remove the muffins from the oven, loosen their edges from the pan, and after about 5 minutes transfer them to a rack to cool.
• Yield: 12 muffins.
• * If using fresh cherries, dust them lightly with flour; this helps prevent the cherries from "bleeding" into the muffins. If using frozen cherries, add them frozen to the batter; this will help prevent them from "bleeding" our their juices.

CHERRY ALMOND MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat the egg, sour cream and extract until smooth; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thick). , In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla until smooth. In a saucepan over low heat, warm preserves. For topping, combine flour and sugar in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in almonds., Fill greased jumbo muffin cups half full with batter. Divide cream cheese filling and preserves evenly among muffin cups; swirl gently. Cover with remaining batter. Sprinkle with topping. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

FRESH CHERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
• Mix flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Whisk oil, milk, egg, and almond extract together in a small bowl. Pour into flour mixture; stir gently until incorporated. Fold cherries into the batter.
• Spoon batter into the muffin cups, filling each 2/3 of the way full. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar on top.
• Bake muffins in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

CHERRY PIE STREUSEL JUMBO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F.
• Grease 6 jumbo muffin cups, or line with jumbo paper liners.
• STREUSEL: In a small bowl, stir together the flour, almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
• Cut the butter into 1/2" cubes and distribute evenly over the flour mixture; cut butter in until mixture is crumbly.
• Set aside.
• MUFFINS: In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• In another bowl, stir together the milk, melted butter, egg, vanilla, and almond extracts.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; add the milk mixture and stir just until combined.
• Do not overmix.
• Divide a little less than 1/2 the batter amongst the prepared muffin cups, spreading to cover bottoms.
• Place 1 Tbsp. of pie filling in the center of each cup, being careful to avoid the sides of the cup.
• Set aside 1/2 cup of the streusel; sprinkle remainder over the pie filling.
• Cover with remaining batter, top each with another 1 Tbsp. of pie filling; sprinkle remaining streusel over tops.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in a"batter" section comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack before inverting; cool completely.
• Serve warm, or cool completely and store wrapped airtight in the refrigerator.
• Bring to room temperature before serving.

CHERRY CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Drain cherries, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice for glaze (discard remaining juice or save for another use). Chop cherries; fold the chips, pecans and cherries into the batter. , Drop by tablespoonfuls into greased or paper-lined heart-shaped or miniature muffin cups. Bake at 375° for 10-13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Combine confectioners' sugar and reserved cherry juice to make a thin glaze; drizzle over muffins. Serve with cream cheese if desired.

CHERRY MUFFIN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375. Line muffin tins with liners or spray with cooking spray.
• 2. Make the crumb topping: In medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Stir in butter then pinch mixture until it forms pea size chunks.
• 3. Make the muffins: In a small bowl whisk the flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs and oil and beat with a hand mixer until well combined. Beat in the milk and vanilla. Add the flour mix and beat on low speed until the batter is smooth. Stir in the cherries.
• 4. Spoon the batter into muffin tins filling about 3/4 full. Sprinkle crumb topping on each muffin and bake for about 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
• 5. Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.