Today I am going for super simple. Is it possible? For sure!
I baked a lot this week. And that’s saying a lot since I normally bake quite a lot anyway!
But I had a few birthday cakes to bake this week, so all my other bakes were kept very simple.
This is a quick and easy ham and Gruyere cheese muffin. And as with all muffin recipes, it is a matter of mixing the dry ingredients with the wet ones, and adding whatever filling you like.
So, in a bowl, I combined the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and dried thyme.
In another bowl, I mixed the wet ingredients: milk, egg and melted butter.
I also chopped the ham and grated the cheese.
The wet ingredients were added to the dry ones.
And mixed.
Then I added the ham and the cheese.
And mixed again.
Finally I spooned this mixture into the cavities of a greased muffin tray.
And baked them.
Aren’t they cute?
These muffins taste a little like the American biscuits, which of course, aren’t biscuits at all.
But no matter. Because they are still delicious!
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp dried thyme
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups grated Gruyere cheese, or Cheddar, or any eating cheese (not Parmesan)
- 1 1/2 cups of ham cut into 2cm cubes
- Preheat the oven to 180C and line muffin tins with papers
- Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and thyme in a medium bowl.
- In a separate bowl combine the milk, egg, and melted butter.
- Stir milk mixture into the flour mixture until barely combined. Fold in the ham and cheese. Divide the batter among muffin cups.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack and enjoy warm! If you plan on freezing some, allow to cool completely and then freeze in a ziplock freezer bag as soon as possible.
Hi… can I use other cheese besides gruyere?
yep, any eating cheese, like Cheddar would work!
Is it a must to use Thyme ? Can I opt it out ? or use other herbs ? What other cheese can I use ? Thanks !
You can use any herbs you like. Opt out if you wish. And any eating cheese will work!