Cheddar Coarse Black Pepper Muffins

Submitted by southern chef in lo

"These little babies are great--we love them. They are quick and easy to make."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Grease or paper line 12 tin muffin cup pan.
3. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pepper, and salt in a large bowl.
4. In another bowl, combine milk, oil, and egg until blended. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened.
5. Fold in 3/4 cup of cheese and spoon the mix into muffin tins. Sprinkle cheese over top and bake 15 to 20 minutes until light golden brown. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove and serve warm.

Reviews

[Jellyqueen]

These muffins were very quick and easy to make. I did use fresh cracked pepper, which probably gave it a little more pepper flavor than the coasrsley ground pepper, but next time, I think I am going to use red pepper or maybe a dash of hot sauce. Can you tell, we like a lot of heat in our food!!!! All in all, a very good recipe. Thanks for posting.

 

[C in PA]

I agree with Kiwii. I thought they were fairly bland. I've made them since, and used a stronger cheese (ie. asiago or romano) and noticed a huge difference.

 

[Tebo3759]

I just love pepper. I put it on fruit in the morning. When I saw pepper in muffins I just had to try it. Followed the recipe as written except for a lot more (guess what). Really good. Who would have thought of putting pepper into a muffin??

 

[Kiwii]

I thought these were fairly bland. Even with the taste of pepper, they just didn't have much flavor.

 

[Janine Smith]

I made these yesterday. They were quick and very easy and delicious - in fact, my family devoured them in a flash - will be making them again very soon. Thanks for the recipe!