Baklava Muffins

By kayjayjohnson

Ingredients

• for the filling:
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 TBSP melted butter
• for the muffins:
• 1 cup plus 7 TBSP all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup plus 2 TBSP buttermilk
• for the topping:
• 1/2 cup honey

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat to 400F.

Mix all the filling ingredients together in a small bowl, and then get on with the muffins. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar. In a wide-mouthed measuring cup, whisk the egg, melted butter, sugar. In a wide-mouthed measuring cup, whisk the egg, melted butter, and buttermilk. Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour in the liquid, and mix lightly and gently, remembering to keep it bumpy rather then going all-out for smooth: anything more than the gentlest handling makes for a heavy muffin.

Fill the muffin cups 1/3 full, add scant TBSP of filling, then cover with more muffin mixture until 2/3 full. Sprinkle any remaining filling on top of the muffin(I used all of mine for the filling).

Bake for 15 minutes. Put the muffins, still in their paper cups onto a rack and drizzle with honey.