I came home from work and needed something to do while I waited for Project Runway to start. First, I grabbed the peppers out of the fridge that one of my customers gave to me and made some salsa. I had hot banana peppers, habanero and Thai chilies. After dicing the peppers and very thoroughly washing my hands, I added in some tomatoes, cumin, garlic salt and oregano, it was spicy, but good. What next, that was quick, baking sounds good. I usually bake something at least once a week, mostly cookies to share at work, but today, muffins with a little twist sounded interesting.
I paged through my library of cookbook and came across a recipe that was called Pesto Surprise Muffins. Mm...but I don't have any pesto, what to do...I just made salsa, would that work? I made the recipe and made two substitutions instead of Parmesan I subbed cheddar and used my homemade salsa instead of the pesto. They turned out good, but next time I might add a bit more salsa and cheese and just a little more oil. After they cooled, I made a cheesy butter to put on them. Very tasty! The recipe below is the exact one I used.
I paged through my library of cookbook and came across a recipe that was called Pesto Surprise Muffins. Mm...but I don't have any pesto, what to do...I just made salsa, would that work? I made the recipe and made two substitutions instead of Parmesan I subbed cheddar and used my homemade salsa instead of the pesto. They turned out good, but next time I might add a bit more salsa and cheese and just a little more oil. After they cooled, I made a cheesy butter to put on them. Very tasty! The recipe below is the exact one I used.
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| Salsa Muffins & Cheddar Butter |
Recipe for Salsa Muffins
2 Cups flour
Approx. 3 Tbls. finely shredded cheddar
1 Tbls. baking powder
1/2 Tsp garlic salt
1/4 Tsp cumin
1 Cup milk
1/4 Cup vegetable oil
1 Egg
1/4 Cup salsa - blended until only small chunks remain
Preheat oven to 400*F and line a muffin pan with paper baking cups
Combine flour, 2 Tbls of the cheddar, baking powder and garlic salt in a large bowl and set aside. Combine milk, egg and oil in a small bowl. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon into muffin cups and fill about half way. Drop a teaspoon of salsa on top of batter in each cup and fill with remaining batter. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Bake for about 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Your salsa can be as hot or as mild as you like, mine was very spicy. For the butter, I softened a 1/4 cup and added about 2 Tbls of the cheese.
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