When I canned my sweet cherry pie filling, one of the jars didn’t seal. I used the contents of the unsealed jar to make these muffins.
This recipe actually originates with my husband, who came up with it a few months ago while treating me to breakfast in bed. I liked them so much that I asked him to teach me how to make them.
Cherry Oatmeal Muffins aren’t the prettiest muffins you'll ever make, but they have lovely flavour and they bake up with a pleasant crisp outer crust. We like to eat them with cream cheese, brie or camembert, or with a creamy chevre.
This recipe actually originates with my husband, who came up with it a few months ago while treating me to breakfast in bed. I liked them so much that I asked him to teach me how to make them.
Cherry Oatmeal Muffins aren’t the prettiest muffins you'll ever make, but they have lovely flavour and they bake up with a pleasant crisp outer crust. We like to eat them with cream cheese, brie or camembert, or with a creamy chevre.
To make Cherry Oatmeal Muffins, you’ll need:
- 1 pint jar (just over 1-1/2 cups) of sweet cherry pie filling. (If you don’t have this, commercially canned pie filling can be substituted.)
- 1 cup canola or other neutrally flavoured oil
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- almond extract (I measure this into the cap of the extract bottle and use 1 capful. It’s probably about 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon.)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour (You can substitute up to 1 cup of whole wheat flour here if you want to)
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Combine the pie filling, oil, sugar, and almond extract in a large bowl. Beat the eggs and add them in too. Stir until well combined.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the pie filling mixture and stir just until the ingredients are combined.
Portion the muffin batter into oiled muffin pans. (I got 18 muffins out of this batch.)
Bake the muffins at 350F for about 25 minutes, until they’re browned and spring back lightly to the touch.
Because the sugar in these muffins caramelizes and can have a tendency to over-brown, you may want to turn the oven off at 20 minutes and let the muffins finish baking in the residual heat.
Cherry Oatmeal Muffins can be served either warm or at room temperature. They will keep two or three days if stored in an airtight container. They freeze well.
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10 comments:
I love the idea of using cherry pie filling in a muffin! Who cares what they look like...they'll be gone too fast :)
Thanks Valerie. They certainly didn't last long around here! :) I appreciate you stopping by to check it out.
These look delicious. How do you do your canning? Have you used the oven method? I'll be making our crab apple jelly soon and last year we used the oven method. I have to read up on it again as I forget what we did but it worked.
Mr CBB, I can high acid foods (fruit, pickles, jams, jellies, and fruit juice) in a boiling water bath, and low acid foods (vegetables, meats, fish, and poultry or any mixture containing any one of these) in a pressure canner.
Although I know many home canners do oven can, the canning books I have read caution against this practice.
"Putting Food By" by Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan, and Janet Greene is my go-to canning reference. It says "The folklore of homemaking has another bad method that continues to surface: trying to process foods by baking them. Please look back at "How Heat Penetrates a Container of Food," early in this chapter. Dry heat just plain cannot produce the same effect as boiling water, either at atmospheric pressure or under extra pressure, can.
"In addition to the danger of inadequate processing, there is also the likelihood that a jar of food will burst in your face as you open the oven door."
The equipment required for boiling water bath canning, the method I use for my cherry pie filling, is relatively inexpensive and readily available in most hardware stores, big box stores and many grocery stores. If you are going to can, it's well worth the investment.
Hello, I am a new Blog Sister and am introducing myself to all of you....those look so yummy...maybe when the weather cools I will think of baking again...
Welcome Karen, and thank you for stopping by. I'm pleased to meet you. :)
These muffins sound just wonderful - what a great way to use up those delicious cherries! I like the idea of serving them with cheese as well.
Thank you. :) We really enjoy the flavours of fruit and cheese together.
Breakfast in bed and a great recipe, too -- that guy sounds like a keeper! So is the recipe! Pinned. Thanks so much for sharing on Busy Monday!
Yup, he's a keeper for sure. :) I'm glad you like the recipe Charlene. Thanks for pinning it forward.
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