Frozen cherries are really handy to have in the freezer. I bought a 450g bag of them, made Cherry, Pecan and Dark Chocolate Baked Oats, Cherry, Ginger and Yoghurt Waffles, these muffins and I still have some leftover. Brilliant! Now it’s time for this cherry muffins recipe which utilises frozen cherries too.
Frozen fruit in general is great, and you could substitute the cherries in this for almost any other type of frozen fruit for a great outcome.
You could use fresh cherries instead, if you like, just make sure you destone them first. You may find the overall taste a little more sour if you use fresh cherries for these cherry muffins.
The Cherry Muffins Recipe
For this recipe, I used my Best Ever Fruit Muffins recipe as the base. I increased the volume here, so this will make even more delicious muffins!
The recipe is extremely simple and straightforward, and will make some delightful muffins.
The Cherries
As I said, I used frozen cherries here. They were dark sweet cherries and bring a load of delicious flavour to these muffins. I’d recommend trying to find similar if you can.
Don’t have cherries? No problem, frozen blueberries, raspberries or strawberries would be wonderful here too. If you use blueberries or raspberries, you don’t need to cut them in half. If you use strawberries, make sure you cut them into 1cm chunks.
Baking with children
If you want to cook muffins with your children, you’ve chosen the right recipe. Most of the work is mixing, which most children will be able to help with. Knife skills are needed to chop the cherries in half, and because they’re frozen and slippery I’d recommend an adult helps here.
Cherry Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 100 g unsalted butter, softened
- 140 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 160 ml milk
- 320 g self raising flour
- 150 g frozen cherries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl mixing until fluffy.
- Break the eggs into the bowl and then beat until everything is combined.
- Mix in the milk, stir until combined.
- Fold in the flour until well combined.
- Cut the cherries in half, then stir them into the mixture.
- Put 12 muffin cases into a muffin tray. Spoon the mix into the muffin cases and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Nutrition
More muffin recipes to try:
- Christmas Muffins
- 3 Cheese Muffins
- Cheddar and Chorizo Muffins
- Black Forest Fruit Muffins
- Lemon and Blackberry Muffins
- Best Ever Fruit Muffins
- Savoury Courgette and Gorgonzola Muffins
- Sweetcorn, Feta and Jalapeño Savoury Muffins
I used frozen cherries and everyone loved them. I’ve never made muffins before. today I’m using same recipe but with fresh blackberries that I cut in half and froze last week. great recipe to play around with. xxxx
Wonderful! I’m so pleased you enjoyed the muffins
I’m going to make this recipe.
can I do it with frozen blackberries as I’ve some fresh ones I froze?
Oh yes you definitely can! I’d recommend chopping the blackberries in half or into quarters if they’re very large before using (you can do this while they’re still frozen). You might also like my lemon and. blackberry muffins recipe (you should be able to find it in the search bar, let me know if not), you can make that with frozen blackberries too. Enjoy!
I have some frozen cherries. I’ll have to try this. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy them, Rachel