Perfect Plum Muffins (Made with Yogurt)
These perfect plum muffins made with yogurt will make everyone happy because they’re not only healthy and nutritious, but delightfully tasty, too. Just read all the rave reviews!
I was sent this recipe for plum muffins last year after my cousin Concetta raved about how delicious and moist the muffins were.
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Obviously, I tried the recipe myself, and have been making them religiously ever since! I now call them “perfect plum muffins” because that’s what they truly are. So light, delicious, full of fruit and not too sweet: they’re just perfect. Look at this texture and you can see how light and fluffy they are!
What I also enjoy, besides the flavor and texture, is that it’s a really healthy recipe: yogurt, plums, no butter and very little sugar. (I cut down the sugar from the original recipe.)
EDITED 8/2020: this muffin recipe is great with so many other types of fruit, like classic blueberry muffins, too! If you read the post on the peach muffins you’ll see that a loyal reader got upset with me for not letting her know JUST how good these are! She’s disappointed that she didn’t try them sooner, and is now going by the nickname, “The Muffin Lady” because she makes them so frequently, and shares with friends and neighbors!
You can make the entire recipe in a loaf tin, or make 12 small muffins. Alternatively, you can make 6 large muffins and one mini loaf, which is what I usually do.
Thanks for sharing this recipe with me, Concetta!
You can watch a short video of how to make the muffins if you like; you’ll see just how easy they are to make.
Perfect Plum Muffins
adapted from a Waitrose recipe makes 8 large muffins or 12 regular muffins
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Ingredients:
- good quality all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- sugar
- eggs
- olive oil
- yogurt
- plums
- Demerara (Sugar in the Raw), or Swedish or Belgian Pearl Sugar
Preheat the oven to 350ºF
Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda into a large bowl.
DO NOT MISS THIS STEP -> Stir in the sugar. (A few readers have commented that they forgot to add the sugar.)
In a separate bowl or measuring jug, whisk together: eggs, olive oil, and yogurt until smooth.
Wash the plums and chop into pieces.
Pour the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients.
Slowly stir the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients in the large bowl, until just combined. DO NOT OVER STIR as it will make the muffins too dense.
Gently stir in the plums, with just a few turns. (Keep a few aside for putting on top of the muffins, if you like.)
Fill the muffin cups.
Top with pieces of plum, if desired.
Sprinkle with a little raw sugar (Demerara or Swedish pearl sugar) for a crunchy top.
Remove the perfect plum muffins from the from the oven when ready.
Remove them from the tray and place on a cooling rack for a few minutes or longer, before serving.
So moist and delicious, you’ll never make another muffin recipe again, no matter what size or shape you make them.
I like to line a basked in a pretty napkin and put the warm muffins in it to serve them. This keeps them warm, too.
Look at that crumb and juicy pieces of fruit!
Here is my cranberry orange muffins version.
Try making these blueberry muffins with this muffin recipe using your favorite fruit.
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Perfect Plum Muffins (made with yogurt)...don't knock 'em till you try 'em!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour good quality, unbleached, unbromated, non GMO
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup light olive oil
- 1 cup yogurt (if using Greek yogurt, add 1 Tbsp milk or buttermilk)
- 8 plums small (or 6 medium plums)
- 1 tsp Demerara or Swedish pearl sugar to top (optional - if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda into a large bowl.
- Stir in the sugar.
- In a separate bowl or measuring jug, whisk together: eggs, olive oil, and yogurt, until smooth.
- Wash the plums and chop into pieces.
- Pour the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Slowly stir the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients in the large bowl, until just combined. DO NOT OVER STIR, it will make the muffins too dense.
- Gently stir in the plums, with just a few turns. (Keep a few aside for putting on top of the muffins, if you like.) Then fill the muffin cups. Sprinkle with a little raw sugar (Demerara) if desired, for a crunchy top.
- Bake for about 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
- PLEASE use a scale for best results.
- If you are making larger muffins, bake for another 5 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean, as ovens vary.
Nutrition
Have too many plums? Try this easy plum cake, spiced plum jam, or plum crumble.
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Just made these with our fresh plums, and found the batter to be a scone batter rather than a muffin batter. Still delightful – I made half as muffins and half as scones and they were enjoyed just the same.
Oh dear, that’s much too dry, however, scones are made with a dough and not a batter. Was it more of a dough? I wonder what happened?
I followed the recipe as you had it (which, by the way, calls the oil light olive oil in one place but canola oil in the instructions – you might want to fix that).
Yes, I realize that biscuits and scones are a dough. That’s certainly what I wound up with, before adding 1/4 c of milk. It was still a very thick batter, but worked out as muffins in the end. Mine look like your photos. It was unexpectedly dry batter, though.
I’m guessing my yogurt was too thick, just not enough moisture.
Thank you! Yes, I used to use canola oil but stopped due to all the GMOs. Very strange as I’ve never had this happen. It very well could have been a super thick yogurt. Good luck next time!
No problem! The baking temp is also above in the blog but not in the recipe below.
We will certainly make them again. They were a hit. I look forward to reading more of your blog now – Pinterest directed me here for the recipe that I searched out there. Gotta love it!
Thank so much! This is one of my earlier recipes (when I was still learning how to blog, so I truly appreciate typos and errors being pointed out so I can amend them! I hope you find more recipes you like!! :)
I don’t see what temperature to bake these at…
never mind… found it.
haha! okay, good luck :)
my mother brought home some fresh plum from her work and i had no idea what to do with them. ive never cooked plums or even really ate them before.
I used whole wheat flour and almond dream non-dairy vinalla yogurt. I also didnt have the soda so i just went with out i put cane sugar o n top and they were gone in the morning within an hour.
So now my husband wants me to make all the guys at upswhere he works the muffins for work
Thanks this was easy amd super yummy
Cinnamon
Hi Cinnamon! I’m so happy to hear this! So glad they turned out with all the changes. Do pick up some baking soda though as they will rise much more with the soda in them. Enjoy and thanks so much for letting me know! :)
These are the worst muffins/ cakes I have ever made .. I had to throw them away – the first time I have ever done so in sixty years of baking. It was a waste of lovely Victoria plums from the garden. I will use the original Waitrose recipe in future.
Hi Kathryn, obviously you did something wrong because this recipe is solid. Every other person who has made these has raved about them. They have turned out perfectly for me EVERY single time and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve made them.
Sorry you threw them away, (what on earth COULD you have done to make them turn out THIS poorly?), but the Waitrose recipe is essentially the same, so unless you figure out your mistake(s) you will be a disappointed bunny again.
Hope you have a better day! Christina
These are delicious!! I made half with plums and apple for the rest because I only had four plums. I used garbanzo bean flour (didn’t have any wheat flour on hand) so I used light vanilla yogurt to help counter the flavor a little. They are delicious!!! I can’t wait to try more variations. Thanks for the recipe!
Wonderful! Thanks for letting me know, Julia! CC
These look AMAZING! I just have one question: it looks like the plums are NOT peeled. Is this correct? Thanks!
Yes, on both counts, Angela: they are amazing and the plums are not peeled (easier and good fiber)! ;) Enjoy!