Saturday, November 12, 2011

Cherry-Almond-Poppyseed Muffins

Cherry-Almond-Poppyseed Muffins

Ooooooh, doesn't the name of these muffins just make you want to scarf down a whole batch?   I finally got my hands on a library copy of Vegan Diner: Classic Comfort Food for the Body and Soul by Julie Hasson and am super excited because this type of food is right up my alley.  It's a beautiful, fall, Saturday morning and baking a dozen muffins is just what I need to ground myself after a busy week.  Flipping through the book I became really excited.  If I can get my act together, I hope to be able to try more than a few recipes before it has to go back.

Okay, now on to the muffins.  I followed the recipe faithfully except for one small variation which I think works.  There were no dried cherries in the pantry but I did have a jar of maraschino cherries left over from when I made those beautiful chocolate-cherry cookies from Color Me Vegan in the summer.  I chopped the maraschino cherries in half and also added one on top of each muffin - don't they look adorable?  The smell of the almond extract while baking is divine!  The almond-cherry combination is yummy.  I think the muffins were quite good, maybe they need a little more fruit to jazz them up but they were moist and quite dense.

Cherry-Almond-Poppyseed Muffins

4 comments:

  1. Pretty for Christmas too. Yum! These look and sound delicious!

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  2. Sooo cute! And, yes, definitely a festive one for the holidays. Yummy! :-)

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  3. These are really pretty! We both have almond on the mind...I just made an almond cake this weekend that was delish. I love using almond extract. Lisa is right..these are such a pretty Christmas idea. Good for hostess gifts!

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  4. The smell of the almond baking was so incredible. I'm glad you all like the way they look.

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