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Savory Spinach and Cheese Muffins
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Savory Spinach and Cheese Muffins – Gluten-free version

Savory spinach and cheese muffins – ideal for breakfast, a snack break or a kids' lunch box Gluten-free version: Gluten-free flour blend.

⏱ 40 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F) and line a muffin pan with paper liners.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOvenMuffin tin
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Squeeze the spinach well with your hands, until no liquid remains.
  3. 3
    In a large bowl, mix the gluten-free flour blend, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    In another bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and milk.
    BowlWhisk
  5. 5
    Pour the wet mixture into the dry and Fold gently, just until no dry gluten-free flour blend remains.
    ⚙ FoldingSilicone spatula
    💡Combine only until no dry gluten-free flour blend remains: a brief mix keeps muffins soft and moist, and overmixing makes them tough.
    💡Fold with a spatula, in broad strokes from the bottom up, and stop when there's no dry flour: vigorous mixing of a batter with flour develops gluten.
  6. 6
    Add the spinach, yellow cheese and Bulgarian cheese and Fold gently.
    ⚙ FoldingSilicone spatula
  7. 7
    Fill the pan cups with batter to ¾ of their height.
    Muffin tin
  8. 8
    Bake 22–25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    ⚙ BakingOvenMuffin tin
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  9. 9
    Cool 5 minutes in the pan and transfer to a rack.
    Cooling rack
334calories
11 gprotein
18 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 13%● carbs 22%● fat 65%

Per serving (121 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Cooling rack · Also works: Oven rack (Oven rack) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Plate (Bottom sweats and softens)
  • Muffin tin · Also works: Muffin liners (paper cups) (Doubled liners on a flat tray) · Ramekins / cocottes (None)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

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