Sweet Cherry Muffins

We had a sweet cherry tree in our yard that gave us beautiful sweet Bing Cherry type cherries. We fought the birds for the cherries by using a net to cover the branches of cherries. So, that being said we learned to love sweet cherries. We think that these are the best sweet cherry muffins we have ever eaten and hope you will like them too!

Sweet Cherry Muffins

Cherry Muffins

*1/2 cup Butter, softened

*1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

*1/4 cup Brown Sugar

*2 Eggs, room temperature

*1/2 cup Greek Yogurt

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*1 3/4 cups All-purpose Flour

*1 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 1/4 Sweet Cherries, pitted, whole or halved or chopped as desired

*1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips

*In a stand mixture cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, yogurt and vanilla extract.

*Whisk together in a bowl the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Slowly add to the above creamed mixture.

Fold in sweet cherries and white chocolate chips.

Cheesecake Filling

*6 ounces Cream Cheese, room temperature

*1 Egg Yolk

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*3 tablespoons Granulated Sugar

In a small bowl add the above ingredients and with a hand mixer beat together until all ingredients are combined.

Streusel Topping

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar

*1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour

*1 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1/4 cup Butter, cold

Combine together with a pastry cutter the streusel ingredients into a crumbly consistency.

Add paper liners to muffin pans and add a small amount of batter to each muffin paper liner, then add a scoop of the cheesecake filling and add another scoop of muffin batter. Fill each liner 2/3 full and top with a spoonful or 2 of streusel mixture.

Bake the muffins in pre-heated 350* F. oven for 20-25 minutes depending on the size of muffins and paper liners used. We used parchment liners.

Allow muffins to cool in muffin pans. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from Sunday Public and Sally’s Baking Addiction