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Monday, January 28, 2013

A Savory Muffin to Ward Off the Gloomies

Yesterday was a dreary day filled with gray skies and freezing rain.  Fortunately, I had planned for such a day and had all the ingredients to make a big pot of comforting vegetable beef soup (recipe here) and savory Parmesan muffins.


I don't know where I got the recipe for these muffins.  I have had it several years and I had jotted it down on a scrap of paper, so I imagine I pulled it from a magazine in the dentist's waiting room.  The muffins are pretty homely and ordinary to look at, but they make a great accompaniment to soup or even steak.  It's easy to halve the recipe, which is what I did yesterday since there were only the two of us.  Serve them hot!


Savory Parmesan Muffins

2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon powdered or crushed dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon fresh garlic, finely chopped
  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease a muffin pan.

In small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk and olive oil.  In separate, large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, rosemary, salt, pepper, and garlic.  Add 3/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese, mixing until cheese is well distributed.  Add wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Spoon into well-greased muffin tins.  Sprinkle remaining cheese on tops.  Bake about 20 minutes.  Serve hot.

Makes 12 1/2-cup muffins.


The other bright spot in a gray few days is this bunch of sunny daffodils the husband picked up at the grocery store. They were tight buds when he brought them home, but every one has opened into a happy little harbinger of spring to come.


34 comments:

  1. Oh Yum! These look fantastic. Can you freeze them? I'm going to print this.

    Yes, the weather was miserable yesterday. I hope your soup turned good and warmed you up!

    XO,
    Jane

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  2. We are enjoying exactly the same lovely pusuits and flowers. Yours looks delicious. Thank you again for your lovely comments on Chalkys World. I love you popping in.
    Love Linda

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  3. they look good. I have your egg sign, and love daffodils, a bunch of sunshine

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  4. Oh man, those look amazing! All I want to do lately is make big pots of soup. We usually make rolls or cornbread to go with it, but this would add a lovely new taste!

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  5. I would like these muffins. I imagine the rosemary and cheese smell wonderful baking! Your daffodils are so bright and cheerful. Stay warm.

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  6. Your post was fun for me.. the muffins look delish and now I want daffodils! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  7. I ove the daffodils! Oooo I wish I had some of your muffins to serve with dinner tonight. I have red beans and rice in the crockpot! :D

    xo,
    RJ

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  8. those look delicious. Definitely have to try the recipe.

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  9. printing that one! looks awesome and doesn't look too hard either.

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  10. Perfect timing with that muffin recipe as I am planning a batch of potato soup for supper.

    Hmmm..., I think I need a bouquet of daffodils to brighten the gray of this January day.

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  11. Ooh those muffins look yummy and the daffodils so cheerful.
    Thank you for your kind comment on my blog. You can tell how I'm spending my time down in bed-reading my favorite blogs!
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  12. Oh these muffins look so nice! We are in the middle of terrible weather here at the moment so these muffins might be just the thing to chase away the drearies ;)

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  13. I love eating soup with it rains. Those muffins looks good too.

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  14. These muffins look tasty, and the daffodils are so pretty!
    ~Kim

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  15. I ate at a restaurant that served parmesan muffins with soup and they were delish! There's nothing like hot soup on a dreary day!

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  16. Those sound wonderful! Thanks for the recipe- xo Diana

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  17. These muffins look so good! My mom made a pot of lentil soup this weekend and these muffins would be perfect with that. So yummy!

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  18. Soup and those muffins look so good! Thanks for the recipes. Those bright, yellow jonquils sure brightened up my day!.

    Judy

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  19. what great timing...we're having homemade soup for dinner tonight, and these muffins would be a great addition.
    Thank you!
    Debbi
    -yankeeburrowcreations

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  20. Savoury cheesy muffins with a warming beef soup...life couldn't be better ;-) I would love them for my dinner too.

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  21. They look lovely, I can almost smell them :) Love soup with cheesy bread, so will definitely be trying these - thank you :) xx

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  22. I love the fact that I was able to print out the recipe. Thanks for the yummy recipe for muffins....

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  23. Hey those look great - thanks for sharing.

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  24. On a gloomy day it's always nice to be in the kitchen. I love savoury muffins and these look fabulous xx

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  25. I hope that the gloomy weather doesn't get you down too much. It's tough this time of year. My husband and I love to have biscuits or rolls with soups. Thanks for the great recipe.

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  26. Hi There, Love seeing the Daffodils... We went to Biltmore (Asheville, NC) yesterday and actually saw a Daffodil in bloom... Made me yearn even more for spring...

    Those muffins looks awesome. Thanks for the recipe.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  27. Sounds great! That's awesome that you planned for such a day. Today was really gloomy and it left me feeling a bit down...if only I had baked or made soup!

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  28. I made these and they are quite good. Substituted dried basil for the rosemary and cheddar cheese for some of the parmesan. That was only because I didn't have rosemary or enough parmesan.

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    1. So glad you liked them. Thanks for letting me know!

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  29. YUM!! Would you mind if my daughter and I share these on an upcoming Muffin Monday? We bake muffins and share the recipes every other Monday or so...

    ~Lisa :)

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  30. They look delicious! Today was actually warm here - 65 degrees! But it was rainy and windy so we couldn't enjoy the warm temperatures. I think it's supposed to snow on Friday though...I will need some comfort food then!
    -Shelley

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  31. These look super yummy. I made a savory sausage and cheese muffins the other day - it's a whole new savory world! Thanks for sharing, liz

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  32. I love a savory bread, so why not a muffin? Looks delicious! Pinned it to try soon!

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