These Cheese Muffins taste like cheesy garlic bread, in muffin form!! I’ll take these savoury muffins over sweet ones any day. Quick to make and sinfully more-ish with golden crusty tops and incredibly fluffy soft insides, keep a stash for snacking, pop them in lunch boxes or serve a basket of these with dinner!
Cheese Muffins – a great savoury muffin recipe!
So basically, these muffins are every cheese-lovin’-Carb-Monsters’ dream come true.
Inhale deeply, and you’ll get a waft of buttery garlicky goodness mingling with that unmistakable smell of melting cheese.
Look closely, and you’ll feel the warmth radiating from these muffins, fresh out of the oven.
That top one’s got your name written all over it. Go on. I saved it for you!
OK, technology hasn’t advanced quite far enough yet that I can deliver you fresh-out-of-the-oven Cheese Muffins through a screen.
But luckily, just 10 minutes of effort is all that stands between you and and a fresh batch of these!
Add-in options for these savoury muffins
These Cheese Muffins are absolutely terrific as is, and it’s how I make them most of the time.
Having said that though, it’s a sensational base for all sorts of add ins. Imagine the possibilities! I’ve used sun dried tomatoes, olives and feta in the photo below. Try mushrooms, spinach, zucchini (grated and excess liquid squeezed out), BACON, ham, chorizo, even cooked chicken. You could really turn these savoury muffins into a mini meal!
I’ve added some more suggestions in the recipe notes – basically, just add 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of whatever add ins you want.
Give me any combination of cheese, garlic, butter and bread, and it’s all over. It’s almost worrying that I have not one, but FIVE versions of garlic bread in various forms on this blog:
Garlic Bread. (Skip the artisan bread. Gotta use cheap French stick!)
Cheese and Garlic Crack bread (there are no words…)
Cheese, Herb and Garlic Quick Bread (loaf form, no yeast)
These Cheese Muffins.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to grab one of these Cheese Muffins while they’re still warm. One of the most torturous photo shoots I’ve done in a while! – Nagi x
MORE SAVOURY MUFFIN RECIPES
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Muffins – with a whole egg inside!
Cornbread Muffins – personal favourite!
Watch how to make it
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Savoury Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
Butter and Cheese:
- 3 tbsp / 50g unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves , crushed using a garlic press or grated finely
- 2 cups (200g) shredded cheddar cheese (Note 1)
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups plain flour /all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda / bi-carb soda (Note 2)
- 1/2 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 egg (large, about 60g / 2 oz)
- 1 cup milk (full or low fat)
- 1/4 cup sour cream (or plain yoghurt)
- 1/3 cup vegetable or olive oil (or any plain flavoured oils)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley , optional (Note 3)
- 1 garlic clove , crusted using garlic press or finely grated using microplane
Instructions
ABBREVIATED RECIPE:
- Melt butter with garlic, brush 11 holes generously (reserve bit for tops). Whisk Dry and Wet ingredients in separate bowls. Pour Dry into Wet, mix just 8 times. Add cheese, mix as little as you can. Fill 11 holes of muffin tin. Bake 25 minutes at 180°C/350°F (160°C fan), brush tops with remaining butter.
FULL RECIPE:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan-forced)
- Garlic butter – Place butter and garlic in a microwave proof bowl and melt in 2 x 30 second bursts. Mix.
- Great muffin tin – Brush a 11 holes of a standard muffin tin generously with the butter, being sure to slather with some garlic. Use most – just reserve a bit for brushing the tops later)
- Make batter – Whisk Dry ingredients in a bowl. Whisk Wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Pour Wet into the Dry ingredients bowl. Mix 8 times – some flour will remain not mixed in, that's ok.
- Add cheese, then mix as few times as possible just to incorporate remaining bits of flour – no more than 7 big stirs (secret to soft muffs). The batter can be lumpy, that's fine.
- Fill muffin tine – Divide between 11 holes in muffin in (I use an ice cream scooper). Batter should be thick and fill muffin tin to top (if in ball shape due to scooper, leave as is). See video.
- Bake for 25 – 27 minutes or until the muffins are domed, golden and crusty. A toothpick inserted should come out clean.
- Butter brush and cool – Brush remaining butter on the surface (re-melt again if needed). Let muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove onto cooling rack. Cool for at least 5 minutes before getting stuck into them!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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In all seriousness though, he is doing just fine. Zonked out for most of the day.
I am loving that harness he got sent home with. And so is Dozer – just that little bit of help to get him on his feet and hobble outside to the toilet. That’s the most action he’s going to get for a while!!
You make me hungry 🙂 Will try them asap 🙂 Not today tho 😉
Hope you do Monika! They really are super delicious!!! N x
I just thought of something…as I am always adding my own personal twist on things….I think I will top the muffins with thinly sliced jalapeno pepper. I imagine they will caramelize on the top of the muffins and give them that added little heat that will compliment the garlic and cheese and go well with my chili. Oh yeah…I can hardly wait to get my hands on this recipe. Thanks so much Nagi! Greetings to you from California!
Oooh! I think the jalapeño peppers will be brilliant! PS Guess what? I’m in CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW! 🙂 In LA actually!
Oh my gosh these are perfect! I’ve been craving a savory muffin for ages and as soon as I saw that gooey cheesy middle I knew these were the ones!
My 6th sense 😉 Have a wonderful weekend! N x
Oh my Goodness Nagi, as I am new to your blog, this is the first recipe I have received and am going nuts as I can hardly wait to make this. These muffins will be PERFECT with my chili and of course a green salad! Thanks so much! I will let you know how I do with them. I am thinking an arugula, with roasted beets and honeyed walnuts would go great with all of this. I am so jazzed about being part of your group. You are inspiring me. My family is going to wonder what is going on with me. I will gladly walk an extra mile or two for these muffins….I walk 8 miles everyday! Really!
Hi Lourdes! I am so glad you like the look of these, I hope you do try them and love them! N x
Oh, my goodness those look unbelievably delicious. I cannot wait to make them actually I cant wait to eat them. Gorgeous pictures too. Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful recipes.
Thank you Beth! I adore sharing my recipes, I’m glad you are enjoying them!! Have a wonderful weekend! N x
Really love your recipes! The pictures make my mouth water. I wish I had some garlic right now and I would be making these muffins…. Thanks.
Baked treat for the weekend! 😉 N x
These look so tasty. Love the oozing cheese.
Thanks Peter!! Ever seen oozing cheese that DOESN’T look incredible?? 😉
Hi Nagi! Cheese biscuit (which are really mini muffins) are very popular around here at BBQ places. I developed my own recipe because I wanted them cheesier and here you go and up the cheese factor even more! YAY! 🙂
I keep meaning to try biscuits at home! I’ve had them at diners in the US 🙂 I bet you make some seriously good biscuits Dorothy!!!
Hi Nagi! You know I will share! 🙂 So excited about next week!!
How will you be when the time comes that I drop by to visit in person?? 😉 N x
Hi Nagi! Seriously, you had better give me a heads up so I can at least try to make this place (and myself) presentable! 🙂
I’ll call you as soon as I land at the airport….te he he!
These are some gorgeous muffins, like that they are so savoury. And those pictures are amazing! Will definitely give these muffins a try, I may even have to do it today they are so tempting!
Thank you Fida! I do hope you try them, they are SO insanely delicious!! Buttery garlicky cheesy goodness….hard to go wrong!!!
Oh that picture of the melted cheese!!!!! So yum!!!!
These are my idea of the most perfect morning tea. Cheesy, warm and delicious!!!
I wonder if I warm them up in the morning….will they stay warm in the boys mini-thermo boxes? They could have them at school….Oooooo one to try 🙂
Thank you
I know, right?? Melted cheese….so good with ANYTHING! 😉 I haven’t got mini thermo boxes so not sure how long things stay warm inside. Sounds like I should get one though!!! 😉
I got mine from Aliexpress. They are sort of like a thermos flask only square. A cross between a flask and a bento box I guess.
I think they were about $8 each. But they are perfect for sending food to school! xx
They sound awesome! I’ve never gotten anything from Aliexpress, checking it out NOW!! 🙂