Cocktail Cheese & Chive Muffins

Submitted by kitty.rock

"These savory cheese-tidbits make great finger food for an appetizer buffet. From Southern Living Ultimate Book of Appetizers"

 

• Ready In: 32mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 48 muffins
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 (8 ounce) container nonfat sour cream
• 2 tablespoons frozen chopped chives

directions

1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add Cheddar cheese, and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Stir in flour, sour cream, and chives.
4. Spoon batter into ungreased miniature (1 3/4-inch) muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.
5. Bake in 375 degree F oven for 20 to 22 minutes.
6. Remove muffins from pans immediately.
7. Yield: 4 dozen muffins.

Reviews

[s_sullivan]

I love this recipe I have made it substituting Swiss cheese and Dill. it worked great. I plan to try substituting different spices and herbs. very easy recipe.

 

[evelynathens]

Yum! So easy. Chives being mostly unavailable here (I can sometimes find them, but it takes some work), I used 3 spring onions in their entirety - both white and green. Made for nibbles with 10 people over watching the Greece-Argentina game (we lost) in the World Cup. Every one liked these a lot. Thanks.

 

[KerfuffleUponWincle]

VERY TASTY! So tasty that I had to get up and move the basket away so I'd stop eating them! :) I melted the butter and cheese in a non-stick fry pan on the lowest heat because I was afraid it would stick in a regular pan ~ I didn't really cook it though! I then dumped the mixture into my mixer bowl, added the other ingredients, and stirred everything on the lowest speed, just til mixed ~ I used full fat sour cream because that is what I had on hand and I used dried chives. The little muffins came out of the pan easily ~ Made for CHIVES Herb/Spice for May in the French Forum! Next time, I'll add 1/2 cup toasted chopped pecans ~

 

[Sam 3]

These turned out much better than I thought they would. The batter didn't mix very easily so I thought there may be problems there. I used zaar's sub for self-raising flour as I rarely buy it. I didn't have frozen chopped chives so used dried ones. I wanted to speed up the baking process a little (didn't notice that the recipe made 48 muffins before I started making them lol) so I made some regular sized muffins, baking them for an extra 6 minutes. However, the mini ones were much easier to remove from an ungreased pan than the larger ones.