The ideal summertime muffin is moist, substantial, sweet, and tangy. Excellent as a snack or for breakfast with a cup of coffee, tea, or milk. Hope you had fun!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 18 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 53 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 muffins |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup white sugar, divided
- 6 lemons, juiced
- ¾ cup wheat germ
- ½ cup water
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 ¾ cups pitted and sliced fresh cherries
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger (Optional)
- ¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 3 extra large eggs, beaten
- ½ cup soybean oil
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
- Mix oats, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, wheat germ, water, and lemon zest together in a small bowl.
- Mix cherries with 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl.
- Combine remaining 2/3 cup sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger in a large bowl. Stir in oat mixture. Mix in yogurt, eggs, oil, and butter until batter is thick and smooth.
- Fold cherries into the batter. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops start to brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
- You can substitute half the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour for added nutritional value.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 207 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 36 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 127 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
7.3.18 The cherries and lemon flavor are wonderful in these muffins. Texture is OK, but I didn’t get much rise on the muffins even though I filled the muffin cup 3/4 full. I scaled the recipe in half and did get 12 muffins, but would have been happier with 8 or 9 larger muffins. Not a big deal, most importantly, they did taste good and were plenty tender and moist.