Cherry Muffins with Pecan Crumble Recipe
Cherry Muffins with Pecan Crumble
By Eliot, on September 6th, 2013
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, melted
Preheat 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!
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