chocolate cherry streusel muffin tops |

chocolate cherry streusel muffin tops

Desciption

a favorite combo of flavors, these muffins resemble crumb cakes when made with streusel. the topping makes alot so you can use more for later or cut the topping in half. update: i have made a few changes to make this even better!(thanks realtor!)

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f
For the batter:
In a medium bowl
Whisk together the flour
Sugar
Cherries
Chips
Cocoa
Baking powder and salt
Mix in the softened butter
The mixture will be crumbly
Add eggs and water and mix until evenly moistened
Use a generous 1 / 4 cup of batter to fill the cups of the muffin pan
For the topping:
In a medium bowl
Whisk together all of the dry ingredients and the extract
Using a fork or your fingers
Cut in the butter to form crumbs
Top the entire surface of each muffin with a generous amount of crumbs
Bake the muffin tops for 16-23 minutes
Until a cake tester inserted in the center of one comes out clean
Cool the tops for 5 minutes in the pan
And then transfer them to a rack to cool completely
"dust with additional glazing or confectioners sugar if desired"
Enjoy !

Step 15

Total Time in Minute 30

Ingredients Count 15

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Ingredients

Unbleached all-purpose flour

Granulated sugar

Dried cherries

Chocolate chips

Dutch-processed cocoa powder

Baking powder

Salt

Unsalted butter

Eggs

Water

Almonds

"confectioners sugar"

Ground cinnamon

Vanilla extract

Butter

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