Hello, muffin – what’s that you’re hiding?
Under your cheesy crispy exterior, inside your fluffy buttery crumb, I spy a hidden broccoli tree!
When I made pepperoni chili, I wanted to pair it with a muffin. I knew from the tastes as it simmered all day that this chili was going to be epic – I needed an equally knock your socks off muffin to accompany it.
The recipe I found is epic, this I guarantee.
The flavor is buttery and cheesy and if comfort was a flavor, I’d say that too.
These are crispy yet soft, light yet substantial. The extra fun is a full tree of broccoli inside each muffin - always a popular trick.
The original recipe is the genius of Kate from Food Babbles.
The changes I made:
full trees of broccoli inserted into muffin rather than chopped broccoli mixed in
apple cider vinegar + coconut milk in place of buttermilk
gluten free all purpose flour, plus 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
vegan cheddar cheese, flax egg
and then make these muffins as soon as it is possible.
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done and done! so making these. Love the ACV and coconut milk combo!
how cool are these, I can’t wait to make a broccoli filled muffin just like this – and you’ve sold me on the recipe, it sounds delish!
TOM. Make. These. Too Too Too TOODAY, Junior!!
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You just kill me every morning with your recipes!! I love the ACV + almond milk trick. I doubted it at first, but it works so well. Can you send me some of those for lunch please?? Hope you’re having a nice Friday!
when I first heard about the acv + milk to replace buttermilk, I remember being So Dang Excited. I don’t know if it was all the messing around I used to do at my microbiology lab job, or all the messing around I do in the kitchen, I just had a feeling it would work…
Oh my gosh, I think these get the award for the cutest muffins ever!! Bet they were fantastic with that chili!
Aww these are so cute!! I looooove the little trees inside! How many did you have to cut open to find the perfect one?
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haa HAA – you are so funny.
I opened five.
I remember the first version you made, so cute! This recipe looks like a good one, thanks for sharing it with us, and a fun new blog to stalk as well LOL
aww – I wondered if anyone would remember, so happy it was YOU!
I put whole broccoli in muffins quite often, but haven’t shared again until now… this recipe is FANTASTIC so I hope you do try it soon! and yes – have fun over at Kate’s blog, she’s great!
I’m so happy you liked these muffins. Love the alterations you made, especially that whole broccoli floret in there! Wish I had thought to do that. So cute and I bet my daughters would love that. Gonna need to make more broccoli muffins now!
Kate the muffin recipe is FANTASTIC! even with my gluten free flours, these came out fluffy and light – I love them! I hope your daughter gets as much of a delight from the whole tree as I always do!
I’m so happy to hear they turned out so well!
I love how the muffing look like they’re growing little trees inside! I actually am not a fan of cooked broccoli but I totally want to try this with cauliflower!
I eat steamed broccoli every night with my dinner (don’t judge) and it’s certainly my favorite vegetable. Cover it in dairy-free cheese and I dare you to find someone who wouldn’t eat these freaking adorable muffins up.
I would never judge – in college, for probably more than a year, my dinner began each night with one of those large bamboo steamers – one level filled with cauliflower, one filled with broccoli – steamed. I’d eat that, go to the gym, work out and teach weight lifting to my Special Olympics team, then come home and eat dinner #2 (usually some kind of protein shake, protein…) I could never get tired of simple steamed broccoli with lemon… Mmm…
So. Darn. Cute! I will have to make these just to show off how incredibly adorable they are – just like I would a small child or puppy
they ARE cute like a puppy, aren’t they?
SO CUTE! You are the cute food QUEEN.
VERY fun!
Oh, such beautiful, delicious looking muffins
Love them, and also your info on the replacement for buttermilk,.
It must be a broccoli kind of week, as we are having broccoli today
the non dairy milk + acv really does work well – you can probably use any non dairy milk – I almost always have coconut so that’s what gets used! happy Friday!
OMG, whole branches of broccoli embedded in a muffin? YOU WIN ONE INTERNET. Also probably the wholehearted love of any children who otherwise don’t eat their broccoli.
the love of their parents, at least!
hee, thanks – I love Internet Wins!
Genius – you know I love stuffing veggies in different places like this! Adding this to my list for sure!
yay! seriously, this muffin is GOOD (and the broccoli is just good fun!).
too cute!!! love this
Here’s the thing: Daiya cheddar wedge and broccoli are AMAZING together. You know, all hot together. And so, this muffin recipe is, too!
hi Aden! you know the new Daiya wedges are my favorite… one GOOD thing about them (their awesome melt-ability!) was a concern for me here – I thought it might work against a muffin… so I DID use a small amount of the Daiya cheddar (you KNOW I had to!), but I paired it with a less melty cheese – it was the Follow Your Heart brand, I think. so a good balance of both, and the muffins were fantastic!
Now how cute is that? I’m sure it tastes wonderful but I just love that little broccoli tree in the center!
I know, the surprise tree is my favorite part!
You always amaze me with your creativity Kristina! I think this just may be the solution to get my boys to eat their broccoli. (Though I may go the chopped route to increase my chances of success.) Carrot muffins worked to get my youngest to eat carrots so it’s worth a shot. Worse case scenario….I’ll get the whole batch to myself. Hmm…on second though, maybe I’ll skip the chopping.
haa – yes, having a batch to yourself is not a bad thing either. OH, or you could make a bread loaf out of this batter… just a hint, I did this too, and the recipe I made with the bread will be coming soon. SO GOOD!
These are awesome! I’m loving your description of buttery, cheesy muffins with the crispiness and the light, softness. I’ve got to try these.
I especially love the brocolli “trees” – so neat!
YES I hope you do try these muffins – a couple people already have, and they are agreeing this recipe is SO GOOD!
and yes, the trees are just fun, right? enjoy!
Thanks for the inspiration. The broccoli cheese muffins were delicious. Just starting out blogging my recipes… when i post this one i’ll be sure to include my web page. I’ve linked u (at least i have the etiquette thing down
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glad you enjoyed them, such a good recipe, right? cheers!
Those are just so flippin’ CUTE. [I mean, I'm sure they are delicious, too, but I am so captivated by the broccoli trees. Clearly, I am a small child.]
this is one of my favorite things to make, especially if I know kids will be around!
I love the hidden broccoli in these muffins, how perfect to serve with soup!
yes, they are great with soup too – I love to slice one open and set each piece inside the soup, so you can see the broccoli
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