The Hubs had to schedule and was in charge of training for his office recently. He needed bribes.
I was happy to accommodate.
I made Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins for one session and then created this recipe for another. They went quickly according to The Hubs.
Cherry Muffins with Pecan Crumble
6 T. butter
½ c. 2% milk
1 farm fresh egg
1 egg yolk
¼ t. almond extract
1 ½ c. flour
¾ c. sugar
1 ½ t. baking powder
¼ t. cinnamon
¾ t. fine sea salt
2 c. dark sweet cherries, chopped (I used frozen and let them thaw just a bit before chopping them.)Topping:
1 c. chopped pecans
2/3 c. rolled oats
1/3 c. brown sugar
4 T. butter, meltedPreheat oven to 375 degrees and generously butter 9 jumbo muffin tins.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over moderately low heat; remove from heat and let cool slightly. Add milk to butter and whisk. Add egg, yolk, and almond extract and whisk well to combine.
In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt). Add milk mixture and stir until just combined. Gently fold in cherries.
Fill tins ¾ full.
Make topping:
Stir together pecans, oats, and brown sugar. Add melted butter and stir together with a fork.Top each muffin with a generous amount of the topping. Bake until golden and a wooden pick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean, 18-20 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then carefully remove to wire racks.
I adapted my go-to blueberry muffin recipe by simply adding dark sweet cherries and almond extract. For the crumble, I was inspired from the topping from Peach-Raspberry Crumble for April’s SRC. I also think this topping would be delicious on banana muffins, oatmeal muffins, zucchini muffins, etc. Use your imagination!
Note: We order our dark sweet cherries every year in bulk (14 lbs. worth) from Bithell Farms. They are delicious.
Abby, wow, you are a star!
Here is a basket of lavender I picked earlier this summer. Baskets of joy to you, Abs!
Comments & Replies
20 responses to “Cherry Muffins with Pecan Crumble”
These cherry muffins look divine, I love the nutty streusel topping especially.
The topping becomes a crunchy almost caramely treat!
I love the crumby topping, it adds to the already massive deliciousness 😀
Cheers
CCU
Truly!
I love cherries and pecan together and with that crunchy topping………Mmmmmm…..good!
Thanks, Kelli.
Well, I could be bribed with these muffins any day! Did it work? 🙂 YUMMY muffins!
Well, they all disappeared. I think if you asked The Hubs they moderately worked with the staff.
Yeah, I could do with this kind of bribe any day, especially if there’s a cup of coffee attached to it. I love me some streusel.
This goes beyond streusel. LOL
Ooh, I could easily be bribed by cherry muffins. And I MUST plant lavender in my garden next summer! Wow.
I love my lavender. We have been able to over winter it in a couple of spots.
If someone brings in anything sweet for us at work, they have my undivided attention. But these muffins….it would have me volunteer for a project 🙂
I think they were appreciated but I don’t think anyone was any more eager for the training. 🙂
I bet they GOBBLED these up, they look wonderful. I love cherries and pecans together!
They were eaten as quickly as they were put out.
Man, the cherries and the pecan crumble combo sounds so good. And that picture of the lavender is so pretty!
Thanks, Veronica.
These look perfect and I wish I could come over and sit in your kitchen and eat some. I have to be honest, I might just lay my head down and not pick it up. I’m exhausted and way too sad right now. The lavender made me smile. I’m sure Abby would love it since purple is her second favorite color.
I wish you could come over and find respite. I would serve you a hot cup of tea and one of these. Love a gal that likes her purple!!!!!!!!!