Baklava Muffins – Celebrating Two Years of Blogging!

 

 

Baklava Muffins

 

   We are extremely happy to announce that Yummy O Yummy has completed two wonderful years of sharing yummy treats with the world! We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone – our family, friends, bloggers and readers for your continued support and encouragement. Special thanks to all who subscribed to our updates, went through them, shared them with others and followed/liked our blog :). Yesterday we had a look at the blog stats for the last two years and the most viewed pages were Onam Sadya Dishes, Kottayam Style Fish curry, Chicken Roast, Fish Biriyani, Parippu Vada, Fish Pickle, Apple Pickle and Kallappam.. We look forward to share more of our recipes with you, hope you continue to enjoy them and encourage us with your comments/suggestions…

  To celebrate this wonderful occasion, I would love to share the recipe for Baklava Muffins. I tried it from Nigella Lawson’s “How to be a Domestic Goddess” which was gifted to me by my dear sister. I have already tried out a few bakes with grand success and this has been my favorite so far. These baklava muffins are really easy to make and tastes super-delicious. The crunchy walnut-cinnamon filling and the honey drizzled crust are reminiscent of the flavors in baklava, a Turkish pastry. As Nigella said “these taste so good: gooey, crunchy, soft and filling”. Hope you will enjoy it as much as we did..

 

Ingredients (Makes 12)

 

For the filling

  • Chopped walnuts – 1/2 cup
  • Sugar – 1/3 cup
  • Cinnamon powder – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Butter – 3 tbsp, melted

For the muffins

  • Plain flour – 1 cup plus 7 tbsp
  • Baking powder – 2 tsp
  • Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
  • Sugar – 1/4 cup
  • Egg – 1 large
  • Unsalted butter – 3 tbsp, melted
  • Buttermilk – 1 cup plus 2 tbsp (or 3/4 cup plain yoghurt and 1/3 cup low-fat milk)

For the topping

About 1/2 cup honey (I used only 2 – 3 tbsp)

Baklava Muffins

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.

2. 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.

3. In a wide-mouthed measuring cup, whisk the egg, melted butter and buttermilk (or yogurt-milk mix). Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour in the liquid and mix lightly and gently, remembering to keep it bumpy rather than going all-out for smooth: anything more than the gentlest handling makes for heavy muffins.

4. Fill the muffin papers one-third full, add a scant tablespoon of filling, then cover with more muffin mixture until two-thirds full. Sprinkle the remaining filling on top of the muffins.

5. Bake for 15 minutes, by which time they should be golden-brown and ready.

6. Put the muffins, still in their papers, onto a rack and drizzle with honey. You may find it easier to warm the honey a little before pouring. It tastes soft, crunchy and delicious. This tastes best the day its prepared otherwise the walnuts may lose its crunch.

Adding filling to the first layerBefore BakingBaklava Muffins

 

 

Baklava Muffins

 

 

Check out our first anniversary post – Basboosa / Egyptian Semolina Cake

 

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Maya Akhil

Wife, Mother, Blogger and above all, an ardent lover of good food. I cook, serve, and eat with almost the same passion. The divine aroma that fills the kitchen when I cook or bake is simply what keeps me going!

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