- 1/2 cup spicy hummus
- 1/3 cup milk, plus extra
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup King Arther White Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Directions:
Grate one cup of cheese and set aside. Spray an aluminum muffin tin with Pam baker's spray and set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together the milk, eggs, and hummus in a bowl. Whip until all the hummus lumps are gone, so it a soupy mixture.
Mix together the flours, baking powder, chili powder, salt, and cheddar cheese. Be sure to thoroughly mix the cheese into the flour so that, when combined with the wet ingredients, the cheese will be evenly distributed amongst the muffins.
Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet ones. Stir and fold until all is combined. The mixture should look like wet, thick batter rather than thick dough. At this point, if it is looking more like a dough than a batter, one that is slightly pourable, add more milk. For me, it took an additional 1/8 cup of milk to transition to from dough-like to batter-like.
Pour into the prepared muffin tin and place in the oven. The yield will be just under a dozen. The original recipe said it made 10, but I had enough for 11. Bake for 30 minutes.
Myrtle's Note: I found the idea of hummus muffins slightly odd and rather intriguing. I am so very glad I tried them because they are rather fantastic. They turn out crispy from top to bottom, but light and fluffy inside. I used my recipe of Lemon Basil Hummus for the hummus in this recipe. The original recipe used Sabra Extremely Spicy Hummus. Disliking scallions, I dropped that ingredient. I also upped the cheese, because it just didn't look substantial when I put only a half cup grated (as opposed to 4 ounces grated) into the dry ingredients. My change certainly did not harm these at all! Certainly they would be good with soups and stews and even a main dish of meat, but just slathered with butter was very tasty.
Yield: 10-11 muffins
Source: http://www.macheesmo.com/spicy-hummus-muffins/
