How to Make Savoury Muffins

Savoury muffins are a great treat to include in lunch boxes, take on picnics, "bring a plate" events or just to enjoy hot with soup & a little butter. Here's how to make 12 or 6 jumbo sized.

Ingredients

Basic savoury muffin mix

2 cups of self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 large eggs
250ml of milk
20g melted butter
1/2 tsp salt

5 Variations (extra Ingredients)

Cheese & corn: 1 x 125g can of creamed corn, 125g grated cheese, 3 bacon rashers or ham slices, chopped & fried.
Hawaiian style pizza: 125g grated cheese, 1 x 125g crushed pineapple chunks (drained), 2 tbsp tomato paste, 3 slices chopped ham, 1/2 tsp garlic, 1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs or 1 tbsp chopped fresh herbs. (you can use 2.5 tbsp pizza base sauce if you have it instead).
Supreme style pizza: same as Hawaiian but omit pineapple and replace with mix of olives, sundried tomatoes, roasted peppers etc to make 125g.
Savoury cheese: 125g grated cheese (or 50g grated cheese plus 75g cubed feta cheese), 2 tbsp chopped herbs, 1 tbsp mild mustard, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1 chopped chili if desired or 1/2 tsp freshly milled black pepper.
Asparagus, corn & tuna: 1 x 125g tin tuna drained & mashed with a fork. 7 or 8 spears of pickled asparagus chopped, (or the same fresh but simmered in water about 3 minutes, then cooled & chopped). 1 x 125g corn kernels drained, 1/4 tsp extra salt and pepper.

Steps

1
Prepare your extra ingredients. This may be grating the cheese, organizing herbs and spices etc.
2
Preheat oven to 190C, grease or line a standard 12 muffin tray (it will make 6 jumbo muffins).

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3
Make the basic muffin recipe. Sift dry ingredients in one bowl and mix the wet ingredients in another. The wet mix should be well combined.
4
Add your extra ingredients to the wet mix and stir until mixed through.
5
Add the wet mix to the dry mix and stir with a spoon or spatula. Mix briefly and avoid beating it, its preferable to have no huge lumps at all, but a few little lumps are fine.
6
Should the mix be too stiff, add an extra splash of milk. It will be thick, but it should not resemble a dough. The extra ingredient variation can affect the consistency.
7
Spoon the batter into the pans evenly. They should be 2/3rd full.
8
Bake 20-25 minutes or until cooked & golden. Jumbo muffins may need 25-30.
9
Remove and allow to cool. But they are just as nice warm.
10
Finished.

Community Q&A

Question

Am I able to not add any toppings/fillings? Can I put that on the side?

Community Answer

You can add toppings/fillings after they have cooled or put them on the side. It's your choice.