I’ve mentioned before that I try to meal plan our breakfasts for the week and usually end up making this casserole or some muffins on Sunday to eat throughout the week. I am not normally a fruit person, but my husband is, so I like to make these delicious vanilla cherry muffins with fresh cherries (one of my favorite fruits!) to compromise. This is a great recipe for using up those end-of-summer cherries or you can also substitute blueberries if that’s what you have!
The trick to fruity muffins is to not over mix the batter. Mix the ingredients just until combined and then when you add in your fruit, fold it gently just a couple of times. Once you see fruit throughout the batter, like you’d get a piece in every bite, stop mixing and get to baking!
Cherry Vanilla Muffins Recipe:
1-1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup canola oil
3/4 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup chopped cherries
Turbinado sugar for topping – optional
Pre-heat your oven to 375-degrees and line a muffin sheet with muffin cup liners.
First, you’ll want to get your cherries pitted and roughly chopped.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Cherries](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-cH3vVY.png)
Next, in a large bowl, add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Whisk to combine.
In a medium bowl, add your oil, milk, egg, vanilla and sour cream and use a metal whisk or fork to combine.
Slowly pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Muffin Ingredients](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-WLuK4_.png)
Stir just to combine.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Homemade Muffin Batter](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-XSCGJT.png)
Carefully fold in your cherries.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Cherry Muffin Batter](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-V75IVa.png)
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Cherry Vanilla Muffin Batter](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-w3kg_i.png)
Fill your muffin liners 3/4 of the way full with the batter. This should make 12 evenly filled muffins.
Sprinkle the Turbinado sugar on top of each one.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Cherry Vanilla Muffin](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-0P1POj.png)
Bake at 375-degrees for 15-18 minutes, until you insert a toothpick in the center of a muffin and it comes out clean.
![Cherry Vanilla Muffins Cherry Vanilla Muffin Recipe](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/248/2485586/cherry-vanilla-muffins-L-jKWe83.png)
May I also suggest eating these slightly warm with a hot cup of coffee? You should. Thank me later!
Cherry Vanilla Muffins
September 6, 2020 Servings: 12 Muffins Prep: 10 min Cook: 15 min Total: 25 min Print ThisBy: Courtney
Ingredients
- 1 & 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup chopped cherries
- Turbinado sugar for topping - optional
Directions
- Step 1 Pre-heat your oven to 375-degrees and line a muffin sheet with muffin cup liners.
- Step 2 Pit and chop your cherries, set aside.
- Step 3 In a large bowl, add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Whisk to combine.
- Step 4 In a medium bowl, add your oil, milk, egg, vanilla and sour cream and use a metal whisk or fork to combine.
- Step 5 Slowly pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients.
- Step 6 Stir just to combine.
- Step 7 Carefully fold in your cherries.
- Step 8 Fill your muffin liners 3/4 of the way full with the batter.
- Step 9 Sprinkle the Turbinado sugar on top of each one.
- Step 10 Bake at 375-degrees for 15-18 minutes.