Posts Tagged ‘muffins’

The basic easy beer biscuit recipe is simple and tasty enough. I wanted to add more flavor to it this time. With the addition of thyme, bacon, and cheddar they were transformed into a new savory recipe.

Beer Bacon Cheddar Biscuits

Ingredients:
2 cups homemade biscuit mix (Bisquick if you must)
1 tsp dried thyme
9 oz (little over 1/2 bottle) of beer
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
1/4 cup cooked and crumbled bacon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F. Spray 12 muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray and put in oven while
it’s preheating. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and beat for about 30 seconds until
well combined.  Mixture should be wet, add more beer if needed. Wet, but not loose.

Fill the muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake about 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm with
butter.

I have a ton of blueberries as my son eats bowls of them a day. I stole some and made muffins!

Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups  flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup blueberries (frozen or fresh)

 
Directions:

 
Preheat the oven to 350 °.

 
Line 2 12-cup muffin cups with muffin papers.

 
In a large mixing bowl combine the buttermilk, oil, and eggs. Whisk until well blended.

 
Add the next add in all the dry ingredients, then add in the blueberries. Fold just until combined.
Divide the batter amongst all 24 cups. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a tester comes out
clean.

 
Cool the baked muffins on a wire rack.

I made these mini muffins last night to get rid of some mushy bananas. My son immediately devoured three of them before bed. I guess these are a keeper!

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

 
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

 
Directions:

 
Preheat oven to 350.

 
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl,
combine the egg, oil, yogurt and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in
bananas and chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350
degrees F for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before
removing from pans to wire racks.

 
This made 36 mini muffins, I baked them at 350 for 15-17 minutes

I saw this recipe the other day at the Cooking During Stolen Moments blog (one of my daily favorites) I have used several of her recipes and they always come out great. My husband’s middle name is bacon so I knew I had to try this out. These came out so moist and delicious! I used regular bacon, no maple or other flavor, and sharp cheese. I hope there are some left over to take to work on Monday!

Bacon & Cheese Muffins
• 4 c. flour
• 4 t. baking powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/2 t. black pepper
• 2 1/2 c. milk
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs
• 1 lb. bacon, diced, cooked and degreased
• 1 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. In a small bowl, mix together the milk, melted butter or margarine and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
2. Fold in the bacon and cheese just until combined. Scoop into greased or lined muffin tins. Only fill your muffin tins to about 3/4 of the way full or they will overflow the tin.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until lightly golden brown. This made about 20 muffins for my size muffin pan. Be sure to check your oven often at about the 15 minute mark so they don’t burn. Mine were done at about 18 minutes.