Muffins are usually sweet, but sometimes it’s nice to have a savoury treat. Whenever I think savoury my mind immediately goes to cheese! These Cheese & Red Pepper Muffins are a perfect savoury treat, flavoured with yummy mature cheddar, italian herbs, sweet red pepper and half a juicy cherry tomato on top. They have gone down a storm at several bake sales I’ve taken them too, plus parties I’ve taken them too, even those skeptical about savoury muffins are soon won over!
Step by step…
I started by mixing the plain flour, wholemeal flour, baking powder, dried mixed herbs and salt together in a bowl. In a separate bowl I whisked together the vegetable oil, milk and eggs.
I added the wet ingredient to the dry ingredients and mixed in, then added the diced red pepper, and grated extra mature cheddar and mixed until combined.
Next I put it into muffin cases in a baking tray, it filled 18 cases. Then I pushed half a cherry tomato into the top of each one and sprinkled some grated cheese on top.
I baked the muffins on 25 minutes until they were risen, golden and smelling good.
Damn these Cheese & Red Pepper Muffins are tasty! I even got a profession of love from one of my colleagues, although I think it was directed more at the muffins than me personally! You could easily adapt them too with other flavours, maybe by adding onion or sweetcorn.
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Cheese & Red Pepper Muffins
Savoury muffins with cheese, red pepper and a cherry tomato half on top
Ingredients
For the muffins
- 300 g Plain flour
- 135 g Wholemeal flour
- 1 1/4 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Mixed herbs I used a mix of oregano, basil, thyme, parsley, sage and marjoram
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 215 ml Vegetable oil
- 230 ml Milk
- 4 Eggs large
- 1 Red pepper diced
- 100 g Mature cheddar grated
For the topping
- 9 Cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 25 g Mature cheddar grated
Instructions
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Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line two cupcake tins with paper cases
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Mix the plain flour, wholemeal flour, baking powder, mixed herbs and salt in a bowl
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In a separate bowl whisk together the oil, milk and eggs
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Add the wet ingredient to the dry ingredients and mix in. Then add the red pepper, and the mature cheddar and mixe until combined
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Divide the batter between the cases
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Push half a cherry tomato into the top of each one and sprinkle the remaining grated cheese on top
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Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes until they are risen and golden
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Store in an airtight container in a cool place, eat leftovers within 3 days
If you like this, check out more of my Muffin recipes!
I love making pizza muffins….. they are one of those very addictive discoveries which you can justify making on a regular basis because they are really quite healthy! I love the half tomato popped on before baking!
I totally agree, I loved the ones you made and now I've tasted them I am an addict!
I bet this tasted delicious, love 🙂 x
They were very delicious, thank you!
Oh love the idea of these, combining 2 or my favourite things! Thank you for a fab and frugal entry to #creditcrunchmunch:-)
Thanks for hosting Camilla! I love to use up what I can.
What a great idea!
Thanks Emma!
These look great Kat. I nearly always have a red pepper that is certainly soft, if not on the actual verge of decay.
Thank you so much for linking up to Credit Crunch Munch.
It's usually a green pepper I end up with leftover as I don't like them that much! Thanks for hosting!
I absolutely love the sound of these! Yum! Thank you for sharing with the no waste food challenge!
Thanks for hosting!