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Cherry & Chocolate Chip Muffins

16 July 2014 by Eileen

Today is National Cherry Day. I am so pleased to team up with OXO Good Grips to celebrate the day and bring you this simple recipe.

cherry chocolate chip muffin

To bake this recipe, I used the OXO Good Grips Cherry/Olive Pitter to remove the stones. It is so easy to use and a robust kitchen tool. I thought it looked like a very stylish stapler when I first saw it. Using one hand, I was able to operate it with its soft, comfortable non-slip handles absorbing the pressure while you squeeze. The stone comes out very easily and cleaning it is simple too. The pitter features a removable splatter shield that directs juices downward and prevents them from splattering your work area. When not in use, the splatter shield fits inside the front chamber and a lock holds the pitter closed for convenient storage. It is very compact when the pitter is locked.

OXO Good Grips Cherry Olive Pitter

With this tool, it made baking my cherry muffin recipe very easy but of course it could be used for pitting olives too. I have not tried it with olives but I believe it should be able to remove the stone as easily as the cherry.

This is my video demonstration: https://youtu.be/95rzXU2RmL8

To bake this Cherry & Chocolate Chip Muffins, I have modified the recipe that I took from the National Bake Week site.

Ingredients:

  • 175g butter
  • 175g castor sugar
  • 300g self-raising flour, sieved
  • 5 tablespoons Milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 100g fresh cherries, stoned and quartered
  • A handful of chocolate chips

Method:

  1. Add all the ingredients except the cherries and chocolate chips into a bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.
  2. Now mix the cherries and chocolate chips into the mixture.
  3. Divide the mixture and decorate the tops with remaining cherries.
  4. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C, 180°C (fan), gas mark 6 for 20 – 25 minutes. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

These muffins were so delicious. The top is crunchy and the inside is mouthwatering soft.

cherry chocolate chip muffin recipe

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Disclosure: We have received the sample for the purposes of writing this review, however, all thoughts and opinions remain our own.

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Comments

  1. Franglaise Cooking says

    25 July 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Ooh, cherry and chocolate chips – I like the sound of that combo! And how cool is that pitter? I have pitter envy if there is such a thing.

  2. HonestMum says

    20 July 2014 at 10:28 pm

    How pretty are they? I could eat one right now! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

  3. Helen Costello says

    19 July 2014 at 8:43 pm

    How handy is that contraption?! I love cherries but the faff of getting the stones out always put me off. Thanks for linking up to #Bakeoftheweek again x

  4. Hodge Podge says

    17 July 2014 at 8:24 pm

    Yum – these look delicious! Also great for weaning before kids have learnt to spit the cherry stones out (I know the stones don’t hurt them, but they do make for some interesting nappies!) 😉
    #Pintorials

  5. spicers1976 says

    17 July 2014 at 9:35 am

    I love eating cherries but never know what to do with the stones. This is a great tool.

  6. Coombe Mill (Fiona) says

    16 July 2014 at 11:46 pm

    What a handy device, lovely looking muffins too! #TastyTuesday

  7. TheBrickCastle says

    16 July 2014 at 8:56 am

    They look lovely – my family are big fans of cherries, and a cherry pitter must be very handy 🙂

  8. Tami Anderson says

    16 July 2014 at 7:11 am

    I do love cherries and these look delicious! I really need one of these to save me from hours of trying to cut the stones out for the Little A’s!

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