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I have a hard time describing the anxiety and frustration I feel in the morning when I have a million things to do but still need to feed the kids something substantial and relatively healthy. Muffins have become the breakfast mainstay of our freezer lately. With a family full of busy schedules and little time in the mornings for a leisurely breakfast, I’ve resorted to pre-preparing an arsenal of foods that are easy to pull out and reheat for times like these.
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Ham and Cheese Muffins are not only delicious and perfect for little hands to hold, they’re a great way for kids to get protein and carbohydrates all in one, along with fiber from the whole wheat flour.
Make a batch of these muffins on a Sunday afternoon, freeze them and you’ll be so relieved every morning you have to race out the door but need to feed the kids first. You may even find yourself heating up one or two extra for yourself!
Ham and Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 cup ham, chopped fine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the first 5 dry ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl whisk the eggs, oil and maple syrup and stir to combine.
- Add the buttermilk to the egg mixture and stir.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour and stir until just combined.
- Fold in the cheese and ham.
- Scoop the batter 2/3 of the way up into greased muffin cups and bake for 18-20 minutes (15 minutes if using mini muffin cups).
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This is the third recipe of yours that I’ve made in three days….all are incredible! I subbed whole wheat pastry flour and threw in some scallions that I needed to use up. What a great recipe! Also just got your cookbook and can’t wait to dive in.
This recipe looks fantastic even for lunch! The most common complaint I hear from my school-age son is that he never gets anything FUN in his lunchbox. However this recipe has it all; meat, eggs, cheese, milk, and wheat flour. Add a cup of applesauce and it’s really a complete meal!
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Yes, I’d agree on bland and dry for this recipe. I used lots of ham and cheese but it just tasted like a less tasty Bisquick-like biscuit.
While everything else I’ve made from Weelicious is dee-lish, I vote this one off.
I think this was a good recipe. Perhaps the children like them because they are bland since a lot of their food is more bland as they have more heightened taste buds than adults and can probably taste the ham & cheese better or perhaps some don’t like it because they are used to more sugary foods. one can never tell. I love plain foods because I want the flavor of the food itself but my husband is always try to dr. it up with hot sauce or steak sauce or mustard. Different flavors for different folks!
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Can I use rice flour instead of white/whole wheat? I have a gluten free kid….
Just made these with a load of leftover ham. Used extra ham and cheese from the get go. Once the batter was done, I felt it was thick so I read reviews and decided ti dump in more buttermilk and syrup. We tested the first batch and decided they were rather good. I just added more syrup to pump up the flavor profile for the kiddos and the next batch was great. Thank you Catherine, I have been hooked since I first tried your veggie pancakes. Also, I agree that we need to tell the kids what’s in their food so they associate zucchini with yummy.
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Yumm! I just made these to have for breakfast tomorrow, so I don’t know yet how the kids will like them, but the one I just tested (okay, the 2 I just tested) was pretty delicious. After reading some of the other comments about the muffins being a little bland, I added a little more salt, some pepper, and I sauteed about 1/2 c. of onion and folded that in with the ham & cheese. I think they’d be pretty good with some herbs in there too!
I made these for my kids lunches. I didn’t have whole wheat flour, so I substituted half a cup of flour for wheat germ. It has a good base flavor, but they are too bland for my family. I will make them again though as soon as I decided how to better season them. I added spinach as well. Next time I’ll also add Parmesan and see if that adds a better cheese flavor. Good recipe to improve upon though. 🙂
I made these last night and served them to my almost-4-year-old this morning with honey. He inspected the first one, gave it a little taste, then GOBBLED it down. The only thing I did differently is add maple/agave syrup as I didn’t have pure maple. Delicious muffins, thank you! Keeping this recipe for sure. Nice that it makes enough for me to throw some in the freezer.
The secret to these muffins is drizzling honey on top!! They tasted a tad bland (but still good) over here, too…but once you put a thin smear of honey on them, all the flavours seemed to pop right out! Next time I will use either a sharp/old cheddar or 1/2 parmesan, 1/2 cheddar for a stronger cheese taste. Oh– I also added a cup of raw shredded spinach for extra nutrition 😉