Sour Cherry Muffins

Name: Sour Cherry Muffins
Yield: Yield 12 medium muffins
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking soda; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1⅔ cups dried sour cherries; 6 ounces (1½ sticks) sweet butter; 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 2½ tablespoons milk; 1¼ teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups flour; 1¼ teaspoons baking powder

Preparation info

Yield
12
medium muffins

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Dried sour cherries, most commonly from Michigan, have a wonderful tangy flavor. They are great in breakfast muffins, as they do not make them too sweet.

Ingredients

1⅔ cups dried sour cherries
6 ounces (1½ sticks) sweet butter

Dessert
Cake
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Paperline the muffin tins or butter them.

Cover the sour cherries with hot water and soak them for 15 minutes. Drain the cherries and set them aside.

Put the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the padd