Savoury muffins

[PurpleDaisies]

I love a muffin but they’ve always been a bit of a nemesis of mine. They always turn out like rocks or cake. I had a really delicious cheese, sweetcorn and chipotle chilli muffin in a cafe the other day and I’d love to be able to make a decent muffin. Anyone got any reliable recipes? I’m a good baker normally but this is a blind spot for me! Sweet recipes also welcome.

Thanks everyone!

Ooh, me too OP. Watching

Anyone? Sweet favourites also welcome!

My muffins are never great (too much mixing??) but cornmeal ones turn out pretty well every time. I use this recipe, but fyi it uses cups. www.blessthismessplease.com/the-best-cornbread-recipe/

I love a recipe with cups. Thanks for that-I’ll have a look.

I haven't actually added things to these ones but I think I'd be tempted to add stuff (ham, cheddar, coriander, spring onion...) to the dry ingredients as my problem with ordinary muffins is adding the blueberries/ chocolate chips/ whatever at the end and then it needs too much mixing to distribute them.

I also usually add some cream as part of the milk.

Maybe a better baker can advise!

What you need is the ultimate muffin cookcook:

"Muffins: fast and fantastic" by Susan Reimer.

I've never had anything from it go wrong and it covers everything from your standard American muffin, to chocolate chip to cheese to cornmeal to pumpkin.

Mainly sweet recipes but so many variations and once you've got a reliable savoury one they're easy to adapt yourself as well.

Excellent. I always like an excuse for a new cookbook. Thanks for the recommendation.

It's really good, very clear and also not actually enormous. I think the key thing with muffins is to only just mix them, and also that they need a lot of raising agent. The deeper the tin the happier your muffins will be (up to a point!) as well, as the case then has more support up its sides.

This is one of my favourites

www.recipetineats.com/cheese-garlic-muffins/

I also recall ones with quails eggs that were great (if faffy) - but now cannot find the recipe

Those cheese muffins look absolutely glorious.

DS doesn’t like bread so I make a lot of muffins for his lunch box.
Don’t over mix them. You sift your dry ingredients together and whisk your wet ingredients together. Then you combine the two, stirring until they're just mixed. It usually only takes 10 to 12 strokes. The batter should be lumpy and can even show a few spots where the flour has not been entirely mixed in. This is a good sign. Don't mix the batter until it's uniform and smooth and don't use your stand mixer.
For specific recipes, I’ll be making these a few times over the next month. Tesco are great for muffin recipes. These banana and peanut butter muffins are very popular too.
This recipe is similar to the one you describe, and turns out well every time. No need to use gluten free flour if you don’t have to.

These are a family favourite www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1212035/Recipe-Olive-feta-herb-muffins.html

It’s going to be so hard to decide which to try first. Very strong contender there @PoppyGG. Thanks for all the tips too @WhatonEarth1. I’ve got a zillion bananas in my veg box this week so those peanut butter ones could be a great Friday pudding.

I make these a lot . Started when DGS was little , he loves them . Now I do them a bigger proper muffin size .
I leave out the pepper , and add extra cheese broccoliandricecakes.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/vegetarian-recipes-multi-veg-muffins/

I use different herbs, depending on what I have on hand. A tweak which is very popular with my family is replacing tarragon and thyme with chives.

Delias savoury mini muffin recipe is great. As others have said, don't overmix and they turn out brilliantly.

We use this nom101.weebly.com/food-for-survival/muffins for sweet and their cheese scone one for savoury.

I think I’m going to try one recipe per week until I can’t fit into my jeans.

I’ll update with pictures.
Thanks everyone.

These all look amazing- looking forward to seeing your pictures OP

I love feta, olive, spinach and sundried tomato muffins. There are recipes online but you have to watch out as some of them miss out a crucial ingredient, only I can't remember what!

These are fab ideas! Great thread

These aren't muffins as such (no flour), but are made in muffin tins

www.recipetineats.com/healthy-egg-muffins/

I would recommend you spray the tin beforehand, otherwise the b*stard things get firmly stuck.

I do versions of these www.recipetineats.com/mediterranean-savoury-muffins/ (you can adjust the flavours) and they also freeze well. We usually have a good number in the freezer and they work well for breakfast or with soups etc.

I use a fantastic Sue Lawrence recipe for milk cheddar scones, although you can use any cheese (obviously!). Very very quick and easy, I like to freeze a batch so I can do quick lazy lunchboxes if I don't get round to it the night before! We like to change them up and add different bits like ham, salami, leeks, cherry tomatoes, jalapeños etc. happy to post a pic of my recipe if you like

SAVOURY muffins??? 😡 Doesn't anyone watch Miranda?? !! 😂