Cherry Almond Streusel Muffins

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

  packed
• 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter

  melted
• 2/3 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1/2 cup almonds

  sliced
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter

  softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

  packed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 5.3 oz. container Black Cherry Greek yogurt

  or Icelandic yogurt
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 2 cups UNBLEACHED flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 tbsp. heavy whipping cream

  or half-and-half
• 5 oz. dried cherries

  halved or diced
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 3-4 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 In a small mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients.
• 2 The mixture will be crumbly.
• 3 Set aside.
• 4 Preheat oven to 425°.
• 5 Spray muffin pans with Baker’s Joy nonstick cooking spray.
• 6 Set aside.
• 7 In a medium bowl combine butter, sugars, eggs, yogurt, vanilla, almond extract,
  baking soda, baking powder, salt and whipping cream and mix with an electric
  mixer until well combined.
• 8 Stir in flour and dried cherries gently with a wooden spoon until ingredients
  are just moistened.
• 9 Don’t overmix the batter.
• 10 Spoon the muffin batter into prepared muffin tins all the way up to the top.
• 11 Crumble the crumb topping over each muffin and press the topping down gently
  into the muffins.
• 12 Bake for 5 minutes at 425°.
• 13 Adjust heat to 350° and bake for 15-19 more minutes or until a toothpick
  inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 14 Cool about 10 minutes.
• 15 Add glaze.
• 16 Whisk all of the ingredients together.
• 17 Allow muffins to cool about 10 minutes in muffin tins.
• 18 Remove muffins from baking tins and place on wire rack.
• 19 Place glaze mixture in a zip lock bag and cut off corner.
• 20 Drizzle glaze over muffins.

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