Dandelion Cheese Muffins Food

SAVOURY CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan).
• Place butter and garlic in a microwave proof bowl and melt in 30 second bursts. Mix.
• Brush a 12 hole standard muffin tin generously with butter, being sure to slather with some garlic. Reserve some butter to brush tops.
• Whisk Dry ingredients in a bowl.
• Whisk Wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Pour Wet into the Dry ingredients bowl. Mix 8 times. Add cheese, mix as few times as possible just to incorporate remaining bits of flour - no more than 7 big stirs (secret to soft muffs).
• Divide between 11 holes in muffin in (I use an ice cream scooper). Batter should be thick and fill muffin tin to top (if in ball shape due to scooper, leave as is). See video.
• Bake for 22 - 25 minutes or until the muffins are golden and crusty and spring back when touched in the centre.
• Remove onto cooling rack, brush with remaining butter (microwave again if needed) and cool slightly before getting stuck into them!

CHEDDAR CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 large muffin cups.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large mixing bowl; stir Cheddar cheese into the flour mixture. Pour yogurt, eggs, and butter over the flour mixture; stir until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops just start to lightly brown, 18 to 20 minutes.

DANDELION CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine dandelion flowers, flours, cheese, baking powder, soda, pepper and salt;.
• set aside.
• Combine and whisk together yogurt, eggs, oil and fines herbes.
• Add yogurt mixture to flour mixture and stir till blended.
• Spray 12 2-1/2 inch muffin pan cups with cooking spray.
• Fill each about 2/3 full.
• Bake in center rack for 20 minutes, or toothpick comes out dry.
• Set pan on wire rack and cool slightly.
• Invert muffins of wire rack and let cool.

CHEDDAR CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine milk, melted butter, egg& cayenne.
• In a second bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar& salt.
• Stir in cheese.
• Add flour mixture to milk mixture and stir batter until it is just combined.
• The batter should be lumpy.
• Spoon the batter into muffin tins (buttered or lined) filling each about 2/3 full.
• Bake 20- 25 minutes.

DANDELION BLOSSOM MUFFINS WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Whisk milk, sugar, oil, and egg together in a separate bowl until evenly blended. Pour into the well and stir until batter is just combined. Gently stir in chocolate chips. Fold in dandelion petals until well blended.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes.

DANDELION FRITTERS

Steps:

• When picking dandelions, pinch blossoms off from top of stems. Fill a medium bowl with 4 cups of cool water. Add 1 teaspoon salt and lemon juice. Place dandelions in the bowl and push them down into the water several times to clean them. Drain dandelions upside down on paper towels.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper, and chile powder. Add thyme, and mix well. In a small bowl, whisk together egg and milk. Pour egg mixture into flour and stir until well combined to form a batter.
• Pour 1 inch of oil into a 9-inch cast-iron skillet. Heat oil to 375 degrees. Gently dip each flower into batter. Carefully place in hot oil; do not crowd. Fry until golden, about 2 minutes, turn, and fry 1 more minute if necessary. Drain on paper towels. Salt lightly. Serve hot as hors d'oeuvres or a side dish.

DANDELION BREAD

Steps:

• Combine dry ingred. in large bowl, including petals & make sure to separate clumps of petals.
• In a separate bowl mix together milk, honey, oil & beat in egg.
• Add liquid to dry mix. Batter should be fairly wet & lumpy.
• Pour into buttered bread tin or muffin tin.
• Bake 400* muffins (12) 20-25 min, bread 25-30 min or until done.