Looking for a savoury alternative to your usual muffin recipe? These ham and cheese savoury muffins are a firm family favourite — soft, cheesy, and packed with just enough seasoning to keep things interesting without being too much for little taste buds. They’re brilliant for breakfast on a busy morning, a lunchbox filler, or an after-school snack, and they freeze well too, so it’s worth making a full batch.
These muffins use a mix of plain and wholemeal flour for a little extra wholegrain goodness, but you can swap in all plain flour if that’s what you have. The recipe is easy to adjust to your children’s tastes — leave out the paprika, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, mustard or scallions if you prefer a milder muffin, or use a mild cheddar instead of a mature one.
Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients:
- 200 g plain flour
- 100 g wholemeal flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 250 ml milk
- 90 g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 185 g mature cheddar or Dubliner cheese, grated
- 6 slices ham, chopped into 1 cm pieces
- 6 scallions, finely chopped
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Grease a muffin tin or line with silicone or paper cases.
2. Sift together the flours, baking powder, paprika, salt and a little black pepper in a large bowl.
3. In a separate bowl or measuring jug, whisk together the milk, melted butter, egg, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Add to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined — don’t overmix, or the muffins will be tough. Stir in the grated cheese, ham and scallions, again taking care not to overmix.
4. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the muffins are golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside on a wire rack to cool. If freezing, allow them to cool completely first.
Recipe from dinnerdujour.org.
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