Cherry Chocolate Hazelnut Muffins
This recipe makes about 18 muffins.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 heaping cup hazelnut meal/flour or finely ground hazelnuts
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- a pinch salt
- 2 1/2 cups sweet cherries pitted
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks or morsels
- Special equipment suggested: a cookie scoop
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line your muffin tin with paper or silicone cupcake or muffin cups.
- Using a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, and the vanilla. Add the melted butter and the buttermilk and whisk again.
- Using a separate large mixing bowl, combine the flour, hazelnut flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix with a whisk to remove any lumps. Add the cherries and toss to coat.
- Pour the dry flour/cherry mixture into the wet ingredients, and mix well. Lastly, mix in the chocolate chips and using either two spoons or a cookie scoop, fill the muffin wells with the batter and bake for about 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a rack to cool for about 5-10 minutes.