Absolutely! Fresh cherries are a wonderful addition to baked goods. A number of baked dishes can be enhanced with the delightful sweet and sour flavor of cherries. Some recipes that call for fresh cherries are as follows:
One traditional filling for cherry pie is fresh cherries. A simple cherry filling consists of pitted cherries, sugar, and a little flour or cornstarch (to thicken), baked in a pie shell until bubbling and browned.
For a cherry crisp or crumble, use fresh cherries as the basis. Before topping with a combination of oats, flour, butter, and additional sugar, toss the cherries with a touch of sugar and cornstarch. Cook in the oven until the filling bubbles and the topping becomes crispy.
If you want to give your muffin recipe a fruity spin, try adding fresh cherries. The result is cherry muffins. Cherry options include chopping them into little bits and incorporating them into the mixture, or leaving them whole and pressing them onto the muffin tops prior to baking.
For an extra special breakfast treat, try adding fresh cherries to the scone dough. The result is cherry scones. All you have to do is finely cut the cherries and mix them with the dough before you shape and bake.
Cherry bread: To make a delicious and moist loaf, mix fresh cherries with a fast bread batter. The cherries can be chopped and tossed into the batter, or thinly sliced and sprinkled on top before baking.
Cakes using fresh cherries: You can use them as icing or add them to the recipe for a cherry cake. A tasty variation on vanilla or almond cake mix would be to add chopped cherries.
It is important to remove the stems and pit the cherries before using them in baking. A little paring knife or cherry pitter will work for this. Be careful to enjoy fresh cherries while they are available because their season is relatively brief.
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