Shelly's Recipe

MAPLE SYRUP AND CHERRY MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
Rind and juice of 1 lemon
1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup flour and whole wheat flour
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped cherries
12 whole cherries

Preheat oven to 400. Grease muffin pan. Blend butter and syrup thoroughly. Beat in eggs, followed by the next 4 ingredients. Gradually fold in dry ingredients; then the chopped cherries, do not over mix. Spoon into pans and top with cherries. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool a bit in the pan before remove to a wire rack to cool.