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Cherry Muffins

Source of Recipe


Charlene Luedke






List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup butter
  
• 1/2 cup white sugar
  
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
  
• 2 eggs, separated
  
• 1 cup flour
  
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
  
• 2 Tbsp maraschino cherry juice
  
• Maraschino cherries, drained
  
• Finely ground pecans
  
• Pecan halves
  
• Powdered sugar
  






Instructions



1. Cream well the butter and sugars. Add the well-beaten egg yolks, flour, baking powder, cherry juice, and beaten egg whites.
   
   
2. Grease muffin tins and sprinkle with finely ground pecans. Put one teaspoon dough, then a whole cherry, then another teaspoon of dough in the prepared muffin tins. Sprinkle finely ground pecans on top and place a pecan half on top of each muffin.
   
   
3. Bake at 400 degrees (F) for 10 minutes. (Watch closely while baking, since these can burn easily.) Remove from muffin tins. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
   
   The muffins can be kept in tins or frozen.