{"id":39990,"date":"2023-02-06T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=39990"},"modified":"2023-02-06T08:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:42:17","slug":"cherry-chocolate-chip-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-muffins\/cherrychocmuffins\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CherryChocMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CherryChocMuffins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CherryChocMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CherryChocMuffins.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CherryChocMuffins.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CherryChocMuffins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These muffins get the fellas&#8217; stamp of approval. How can you go wrong with a muffin that has chopped up cherries and mini chocolate chips? <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup buttermilk*<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups cherries, pitted and quartered<\/li>\n<li>1 cup mini chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 375\u00ba. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate buttermilk and flour mixture in batches. Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Line muffin pans with 16 baking papers, and drop 2 heaping tablespoons of batter in each cup. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, testing with a toothpick.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These muffins get the fellas&#8217; stamp of approval. How can you go wrong with a muffin that has chopped up cherries and mini chocolate chips?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,4056,2441],"class_list":["post-39990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-cherries-and-chocolate","tag-muffins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-ap0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24578,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/29\/pear-chocolate-chip-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":39990,"position":0},"title":"Pear Chocolate Chip Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I whipped up these pear chocolate chip muffins over the weekend, because it's nice to wake up on a chilly morning and have something sweet to accompany a steaming cup of coffee. 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