A nice change from the traditional sweet zucchini muffin, this recipe utilizes zucchini, onion, garlic, roasted red pepper, and sun-dried tomatoes, resulting in a moist, savory muffin that's perfect at breakfast, lunch, or dinner time! You can sprinkle with a little shredded parmesan before baking, if you like.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 0.5 cups chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic , chopped
- 0.25 cups chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 1.5 cups shredded zucchini , squeezed dry
- 0.25 cups chopped roasted red pepper
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.25 cups cornmeal
- 0.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 teaspoons freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 0.5 cups butter , softened
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 0.5 cups light sour cream
- 0.5 cups milk
- 0.75 teaspoons hot pepper sauce , such as Tabasco®
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 0.33 cups shredded Parmesan cheese , Optional
Instructions
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1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 16 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
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Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sun-dried tomatoes and remove from heat; transfer to a food processor. Add the zucchini and roasted red pepper to the tomato mixture; pulse the mixture several times until finely chopped.
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Stir the all-purpose flour, cornmeal, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepper, basil, and oregano together in a bowl.
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In a separate large bowl, beat the butter with the sugar until fluffy using an electric mixer; beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the sour cream, milk, hot pepper sauce, and 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
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Stir half the flour mixture into the butter mixture until almost incorporated; add the rest of the flour mixture and stir a few times just to mix. Stir in the zucchini mixture. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups until nearly full. Sprinkle each muffin cup with about 1 teaspoon of shredded Parmesan cheese, if desired.
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Bake the muffins in the preheated oven until golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans.
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