Do you know the muffin man?

Although we do like cooking, personally I also like making life a little bit easier when possible. So when I was asked to bring something for a party to go on the buffet I wanted to make something that would double up as snack for the Monkey.

Taken from the BBC Good Food website I took some liberties with the recipe...

• 175g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp allspice
• 50ml milk
• 1 egg, beaten with a fork
• 100ml vegetable oil
• 1 leek, finely chopped
• 75g cheddar, finely grated 

I used quite a bit of additional feta (fake feta as it was made with cow's milk) as well as gruyere cheese. I also added more milk and more oil because the dough was really thick (which may have been due to the limited choice of flour we have available here on the Canary Islands).

Mix dry ingredients first, then the oil and milk, and lastly add cheese. Put mix into muffin tray and bake for 20-25min at 180 degree Celsius. Recipe can be found in full here. 

Leek and cheese muffins

The muffins turned out well and were enjoyed by large and small. The Veggie Baby particularly enjoyed ripping the muffin to shreds. Thumbs up - these will be repeated.