These muffins are made with fresh cherries and yogurt, but can be made with frozen cherries as well, if you want to make them outside of the cherry season. The streusel topping is optional, you can not add any topping or use just a sprinkle of coarse sugar.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Cherries – other fruits will do as well
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Butter – salted or unsalted
- Sugar
- Egg
- Yogurt
- Vanilla Extract
- Streusel topping: flour, sugar, cinnamon, butter.
How to Make Cherry Muffins with Streusel Topping
Step 1 – Make the streusel by mixing melted butter, flour, sugar and cinnamon until you have fine crumbs. Place the bowl in the fridge until you need it.
Step 2 – Whisk melted butter, sugar, egg, yogurt and vanilla extract until well combined.
Step 3 – Mixture all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt and add this to the butter-sugar mixture and whisk until combined. Place the bowl in the fridge.
Step 4 – Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Wash, dry, pit and chop the cherries.
Fold the cherries into the batter.
Step 5 – Scoop the muffin batter into the muffin pan, lined with 6 muffin liners. Sprinkle the streusel over the muffins and place the muffin pan in the oven.
- Step 6 – Bake the cherry muffins for 25-30 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out dry. Cool the muffins in the pan for about 5 minutes and then cool the further on a rack.
Enjoy these Cherry Muffins with Streusel Topping!
Another Muffin Recipe to Try
Cherry Muffins with Streusel Topping
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 cup cherries, chopped
Streusel Topping
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Instructions
Make Streusel Topping
- Make the streusel by mixing melted butter, flour, sugar and cinnamon until you have a crumbly mixture. Place in the fridge until you need it.
Make Muffin Batter
- Whisk melted butter, sugar, egg, yogurt and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Mixture flour, baking powder and salt and add this to the butter-sugar mix and whisk until combined. Place in the fridge.
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Wash, dry, pit and chop the cherries. Fold the cherries into the batter.
- Scoop the muffin batter into the muffin pan, lined with 6 muffin liners.
- Sprinkle the streusel over the muffins and place the muffin pan in the oven.
- Bake the cherry muffins for 25-30 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out dry. Cool the muffins in the pan for about 5 minutes and then cool the further on a rack.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.