Our cheese and tomato muffins recipe is cheap to make, easy to bake and delicious to eat too.
We've taken the classic and much-loved cheese and tomato combination and given it a tasty makeover with these mouthwatering muffins. Perfect for hampers, picnics and kids' lunchboxes, these sumptuous savoury treats pack a real flavour punch, with the rich Edam cheese perfectly complimenting the juicy sun dried tomatoes and salty bacon bites. Delicious warm or cold, you could ditch the bacon altogether for a veggie alternative that still tastes great.
Ingredients
- 100g (3½oz) smoked back bacon rashers
- 275g (10oz) plain flour
- 15ml (1tbsp) baking powder
- 5ml (1tsp) caster sugar
- 5ml (1tsp) salt
- 125g (4oz) Edam cheese, grated
- 75g (2¾oz) sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 30ml (2tbsp) freshly snipped chives
- 2 eggs
- 200ml (7floz) semi- skimmed milk
- 75g (2¾oz) butter, melted
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 375ºF (190ºC, gas mark 5).
- Line a muffin tin with 10 paper muffin cases.
- Grill the bacon until crispy and chop into pieces.
- In a large bowl, sift flour and baking powder together.
- Stir the sugar, salt, bacon, sun-dried tomatoes, chives and three quarters of the cheese into the flour mixture and mix well.
- In another bowl, beat together the eggs, milk and melted butter and pour over the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined - the batter should be lumpy, but with no dry pockets of flour.
- Fill the muffin cases with the mixture and sprinkle the tops with the reserved Edam.
- Bake for 20-25 mins until risen and firm. Delicious eaten warm or cold.
Top tips for making cheese and tomato muffins:
Don't be afraid to add a small teaspoon of Dijon Mustard to the batter. It'll draw out and compliment the cheese flavour, and make these muffins extra indulgent.
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Emily Stedman is the former Features Editor for GoodTo covering all things TV, entertainment, royal, lifestyle, health and wellbeing. Boasting an encyclopaedic knowledge on all things TV, celebrity and royals, career highlights include working at HELLO! Magazine and as a royal researcher to Diana biographer Andrew Morton on his book Meghan: A Hollywood Princess. In her spare time, Emily can be found eating her way around London, swimming at her local Lido or curled up on the sofa binging the next best Netflix show.
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