There was mighty conflict in picking a muffin this week. After a sensational holiday muffin series that resulted mostly in calories for each of us, I thought I’d throw in a little token balancing act and make the healthy choice. However, I was easily swayed and ended up picking a cheesy delight. A savory muffin, then. If not healthy, at least something had to be done to counter all that sweetness from the holidays that was muffin-topping my waist.
We picked an easy recipe from Home Baked which makes for a super scrumptious breakfast. The original recipe only calls for cheese and onions, I used bacon and extra cheese in mine. Served warm with a fried egg and a dollop of butter, this made for a perfect start to what seems like a rather long week.
Over to the recipe: Carmelized onions, melted cheese and bacon bits enveloped in a soft chive muffin.
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 20 grams butter
- 1 teaspoon water, approximately
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 medium (150g) onion, halved and sliced
- 13/4 cups self raising flour
- ¾ cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 11/4 cups buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2-3 rashes of bacon; cooked and roughly chopped
- Place the all purpose flour in a small bowl and rub in the butter, mix in just enough water to bind ingredients. Press dough into a ball, cover, freeze about 30 minutes or until firm
- Preheat the oven to 200C. Grease a 6 hole (3/4 cup deep) muffin tray.
- Heat Oil in a frying pan, add onion, cook, stirring, until soft and lightly brown. Set aside to cool.
- Sift self raising and extra flour into a large bowl, stir in half the onion, half the cheese and all of the chives, half the bacon, then egg, buttermilk and extra oil
- Spoon Mixture into prepared tray. Grate frozen dough into a small bowl, quickly mix in remaining onion, cheese and remaining bacon. Sprinkle over muffins.
- Bake muffins for about 25 minutes. Serve warm with chive butter.
Muffin Monday: Round Up
Happy Baking!
A perfect breakfast muffin and way to start the week! Yummy.
Cheers,
Rosa
Mmmmm … baaaaaaccconnnn ….! Cheeeeeessse! Egggggggg! All my favorite things in one dish. Forget healthy, for now. I want these!
I would love to kick start my day with this delicious looking muffin. Thanks for sharing
Yummmy!
Happy Monday! :D
I think those are the best savory muffins in the world – I”m dead serious. Must.make.soon.
I missed baking these this week. Hope to catch up soon. These look really appetizing.
SO good to be back:) and, as always, extra cheese is always a good variation:)
This does look like the perfect pairing with an egg! Who could resist the 3 super savory flavors that you put in these muffins. Now I am thinking they are suited for more than just breakfast. Yum!
sweet baby jesus in a manger AND clutch my pearls!!! I have died and gone to heaven!!!!
What a fabulous savory muffin!!! Great way to start the day….mmmmmm.
Mmmm, baaaacoooonnnn! And cheese. In muffin. My idea of total bliss! Can I come over for breakfast?!
The dollop of butter has just been slathered over your share. Hurry. :)
Man, now this is my kinda muffin! All the right stuff in there. I much prefer the savory muffin over a sweet muffin.
Thanks Curt. The occasional savory muffins are very welcome in my house too.
What delicious savory muffin cups! Yum!
had so much fun baking them and man I was tempted to add bacon too :)
I haven’t even had coffee yet and now I want breakfast! These look great!
Yum!! You totally had me at bacon.
I love all the flavors in this muffin but I can;t eat bacon. Maybe I can make these with turkey bacon, not same but as close as it gets:) Lovely muffins as usual An.
Thanks Shulie! The original recipe didn’t call for bacon so you could totally skip adding it. Cheese and caramelized onions are a lovely combination too. :)
Oh my GOSH. An! I was dying to bake a savoury muffin with you, but it just wasn’t in the cards for me this week. This one look absolutely divine! I love that you added bacon! Sends it straight over the top. I’ll definitely be saving your version and making this on another occasion. Yum!
Aimee, you must try these. I’m sure you’ll love them. I promise more savory muffins in the near future and looking forward to having you back on MM soon. xx
Love your Muffin Monday and I love the change up! These look great and I bet they would make a good side dish with any dinner!
Looks tasty! Now, since I am not a huge bacon fan, I might not get tooo many calories out of this one, but darn, it looks good.
breakfast in a muffin! whoohoo. reminds me of mcmuffins! happy #muffinmonday!
You had me at “crusty cheese”! Then again, I was already halfway there, since the first word was “bacon”. :) Forget healthy… these look too delicious to pass up. Love the pairing with a sunny-side-up egg to kick off the week.
I loved how light these turned out! My picky husband loved them too, which is good cuz I couldn’t finish the whole batch myself!
Now this is my kind of muffin! I love a sweet muffins, but I’m a savory girl and bacon, cheese and onion muffins are like heaven to me. :) YUM!!!
Wow!! Those muffins look delectable! Love the addition of bacon. Absolutely divine!
That looks like the perfect, Grab & Go breakfast! Yum :)
mmm some of my fav breakfast ingredients! delicious!!
I absolutely LOVED this recipe…delicious! I too added bacon (it was begging for some crispy bacon). Nice to have something on the savoury side after all the sinful holiday muffins :)
Whoa!!! Look at them muffins! That looks awesome…I love savory muffins. I do enjoy the sweet ones but sometimes the savory ones just hit the spot!
oh my!! they look absolutely amazing!!!! how i wish i could have one right now for supper!
I have always preferred savory to sweet and these muffins my friend made me so happy. With bacon and cheese what more you need :D
I am always looking for recipes for work and these are definitely going on the list!!
Hoping your week turns out as wonderful as this muffin looks (that egg is pretty darn tempting too)
These sound absolutely amazing! Awesome muffins!
Oh what a delicious looking savory muffin! And that perfectly fried egg! Actually, I would glad enjoy this for any meal! : )
Oooh savory muffins- yes please!! I’m craving one now!
Dreaming of eating one of these right now. Fabulous!!
Oh yes, your combo looks great! Mine were a complete disaster :) Can’t wait to bake with you again!!
Be still my heart! This is a contender for world’s best muffin. Holy cow. Bacon, cheese, muffin…droool
I got a new cookbook for Christmas and it had a similar recipe in it…only it called for yogurt and used ham and not bacon. I am thinking the bacon sounds and looks way better.
Wow, those are some gorgeous savory muffins! Healthy muffins are generally overrated, particularly when you could have one of these.
Definitely delicious looking muffins! My daughters will love it!
That muffin with the egg on the side is delicious! Thanks for sharing and sometimes it IS nice to “mix it up”. Thanks!
I love the idea of a savory muffin… bacon, cheese and onion sounds awesome.
These are right up my alley and look amazing! Will definitely try! Wish I had one now…up since 2am!!
Ah, YUM! and a must make… with veggie ‘bacon’ of course :D
I adore savory muffins and love the concept of this one! I do not eat bacon, but oh how I love cheese :) My guys however are bacon fiends, and I believe they will be requiring
these shortly :)
looks delicious, love your fried egg :)
cheers
These muffins look so good! What a perfect breakfast!
This is something that I have to try to bake, a savory muffin. The problem is that most of the recipes I saw that I like have cheese, and the doctor forbidden me to have dairy…I hate him…well, on Monday I will have my new control I hope he allows me to start eating cheese.
What a yummy looking muffin and yes, that is the perfect start for the day. In fact, it’s breakfast time now and on a Sunday morning, that is just what I feel like.
Bacon and crusty cheese. Yes, please! I’ll take a dozen! :)
Oh wow – this definitely sounds like my kind of muffin =)
These sound so good. I love the idea of muffin Monday’s!
Yes please!! These look amazing. :)
Hi Anuradha,
These are just perfect for breakfast. What a great start to the day. Your plating and presentation is always so beautiful!
I am starving, and reading blogs….which is dangerous, LOL!! AND this looks soooooo good right now….I do love eggs:-) Hugs, Terra
These look like they have an excellent filling to flour ratio-just my kind of muffin! :D