A lunch box favourite with the boys and a great way to use up leftover jam!
I like to add ground almonds to this muffin recipe as I think that they go so well with cherries and make the muffins more filling for hungry school boys.
A word of warning about the sour cherries, do check for pips! The first one that I pulled out of the jar and ate had a pip still, not good for my teeth!!!
Makes 12.
Ingredients
175g plain flour
50g ground almonds
2 teaspoons baking powder
80g caster sugar
75g butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
130g yogurt
130mls milk
170g cherry conserve
24 sour cherries in syrup, dried on kitchen towel
Method
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Centigrade. Line a twelve hole muffin tin.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and sugar.
In a jug, combine the cooled butter, egg, yogurt and milk.
Add the wet to the dry ingredients gently without over mixing.
Spoon the conserve in and marble gently through the muffin batter.
Spoon into the lined cases and top each muffin with two cherries.
Bake in the oven for 25-30mins.
Good to see cherries in muffins!
Thanks Chris! 🙂 Ros
yumm sounds so delicious! I love the addition of yogurt, I bet they are moist!
They are Lynn! 🙂 Ros
Hi Ros! sure
Love it!!
Thanks Serena! 🙂 Ros
I have two big jars of pickled cherries that I made at Christmas and haven’t used so I’m very tempted by this recipe. Could I just omit the sugar though?
You could halve it Laura, they are very sweet with the cherry conserve but I think that you would need a little sugar. 🙂 Ros
You’re so right Ros – I tried your recipe without the sugar and they were a little ‘plain’ – will try them again perhaps with stevia….
Good luck Laura, I’ll keep my fingers crossed! 🙂 Ros
I love the flavour of cherry and almond! however, do you think it would work with strawberry jam instead as I’ve got loads left over from making a batch earlier this summer?
Also I’d like to thank you for stopping by my blog, I appreciate it. I’m glad I found your blog as well, looks very interesting!
Hi FlowerChildNamedJasmine, strawberry jam would work beautifully in this recipe, enjoy! 🙂 Ros
Sounds delicious, I love the idea of swirling through the conserve…
Thanks Beck! 🙂 Ros
I am always looking for quick breakfasts to make ahead. I need to try this!
Feel free to use up any jam in this recipe Red Velvet Snow Blog, I just happened to grab the cherry conserve! 🙂 Ros