Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins

Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins are savoury treats made with fresh spinach and sharp cheddar cheese. This is a simple, quick, easy-to-prepare recipe for breakfast or snacks. These savoury muffins are great lunchbox to-go’s for toddlers, kids and even adults.

About Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins

I love baking and sometimes prefer savoury recipes over sweet ones. I came across a wonderful savoury spinach and cheese muffins during my stay in London. Instantly delighted by its taste, I started searching further and came across a similar recipe in the Hamming Bird Bakery cookbook. I tweaked it a bit to make it eggless and below is a short narrative of this recipe.

Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins offer a delightful blend of texture and a flavorful alternative to their sweet counterparts. It also has another ingredient that adds deep flavour and taste to these soft muffins. Savoury Muffins are best for quick breakfast or as a snack or perfect to go with soups or salad. I usually bake them for our vacation trips away from home or our camping trips.

Ingredients

It uses the very common ingredients that are available in everyone’s pantry except the cheese.

Spinach: Baby spinach comes handy for this recipe. Just chop it roughly or finely and use it in this recipe. If you don’t get baby spinach, use the regular ones, chop it fine and use it.

Cheddar cheese: I used shredded sharp white cheddar cheese. It can be substituted with yellow cheddar cheese as it just differs only by coloring.

Red Onion: Finely chopped red onion, sautéed in butter is used in this recipe.

All Purpose flour: It is called maida in India, all purpose flour in United States and Plain flour in Europe.

Milk: I used 2% milk at room temperature.

Other Ingredients: Baking powder, baking soda, vinegar, salt, cayenne pepper (red chilli powder)and butter are the other ingredients.

Below are the some other Spinach recipes that you may like

1. Spinach and Cheese Sandwich
2. Spinach Pasta
3. Corn and Spinach Quiche

Some Indian Spinach Recipes are beow for you to try

1. Spinach & Potato Paratha
2. Spinach Egg Bhurji

How to make Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins – Step by Step

Preparation

• Gather all the ingredients needed for making the eggless spinach and cheese muffins. Finely chop the red onion and roughly/finely chop the baby spinach. Chopping spinach is depending on personal preference.
• Line the muffin tray with muffin liners and keep it aside. Preheat the oven to 170C or 325F.

Step by Step Instructions

1. In a frying pan, melt butter. Add the finely chopped red onion. Red onion adds a nice flavour to this muffin. Stir it using a spatula in a medium flame.
2. Stir continuously. The onion should be soft and translucent. Allow it to cool down completely.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, add milk. Make sure milk is at room temperature. Add vinegar to it.
4. Mix these two ingredients well using a spoon. Keep it aside.
5. In a large mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour.
6. Add sharp shredded white cheddar cheese.
7. Add red chilli powder / cayenne pepper.
8. Add baking powder.
9. Now add baking soda. Make sure the baking soda has shelf life and doesn’t have any lumps in it.
10. Add salt and mix all the ingredients. You can use a whisk or spatula.
11. After mixing it, add the milk and vinegar mixture.
12. Using a spatula, mix all the ingredients. It may look dry initially but when you keep mixing it, it binds well.
13. Now, add the sauteed onion along with the melted butter. Add the finely chopped spinach next. Fresh spinach works great. if you are adding frozen spinach, thaw it well and use it. Make sure it is water-free in either case.
14. Mix it well and you get a soft, moist and tight dough-like mixture. Make sure there are no dry spots. If you find the mixture is very dry, add 1 or 2 tbsp extra milk just to bind the dough.
15. Using an ice cream scoop, take a big lemon-sized dough and scoop it into the prepared muffin liners. Repeat the step until the dough is over. Make sure all the muffin liners have a uniform level of dough.
16. Bake it in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick or skewer inserted into it, comes out clean. The muffins turn to a slight golden brown colour once it is baked. Cool down slightly and transfer to a wire rack to cool down completely. Eggless spinach and cheese muffins are ready.

Storage & Serving Suggestions

Storage

These eggless spinach and cheese muffins are good to consume when they are still warm. They stay good for 1 to 2 days when stored in an air-tight container at room temperature.

If you refrigerate it stays good for 4 to 7 days. Just before serving, lightly warm it up using the microwave for best results.

Serving Suggestions

Serve it for breakfast or brunch. Because of it’s portable and handheld size, it is best for the grab-and-go style breakfast.

Serve it as a snack/after-school snack. It serves well as a lunchbox meal with other accompaniments.

Tips & Notes

1. Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature before baking. If you are using frozen spinach, thaw it, chop it roughly and make sure it is water-free.
2. While sautéing the onion, make sure not to brown them, otherwise they change the taste and flavor.
3. Strong cheddar cheese works great in this recipe.
4. The final mixture is thick but can be easily scooped. If you find it very dry, add 1 or 2 tbsp milk and make a thick mixture and make sure there are no dry spots in the dough.

Frequently Asked Questions

Recipe Card

Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins

Uma Ramanujam

Eggless Spinach and Cheese Muffins are savoury treats made with fresh spinach and sharp cheddar cheese, a delicious and convenient choice for breakfast or snacks.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 6 muffins

Ingredients

  

• 1 tbsp butter
• 1/3 cup red onion finely chopped
• 3/4 cup milk see notes
• 1/2 tbsp vinegar
• 1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder cayenne pepper
• 1 and 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup baby spinach roughly chopped & tightly packed

Instructions

 

• Melt butter in a frying pan and saute red onion until soft and translucent. Once done, keep it aside and cool down.
• Preheat the oven to 325F temperature and line muffin tray with muffin liners.
• In a small mixing bowl, add milk and vinegar. Mix well and keep it aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, cheddar cheese, red chilli powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
• Add the milk-vinegar mixture to this and mix using a spatula. It may look dry initially but blends well when you keep mixing it.
• Add sauteed onion along with melted butter. Then add finely/roughly chopped fresh spinach leaves. Mix well.
• You get a thick mixture and make sure there are no dry spots. If the mixture is very dry, add 1 or 2 tbsp milk at a time just to bind the mixture uniformly.
• Scoop the dough to the muffins liners uniformly.
• Bake it for 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick or skewers inserted into it comes out clean and the muffins are golden brown in colour.
• Yummy Eggless spinach and cheese muffins are ready. Serve warm.

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Notes

1. 1. The final mixture is thick but can be easily scooped. If it is very dry, then add 1 or 2 tbsp milk at a time just until the mixture binds well. Make sure there are no dry spots in the dough before transferring it to the muffin liner.
   2. Fresh baby spinach works best in this recipe. If you are using frozen spinach, thaw it, chop it roughly and make sure it is water-free.
   3. While sauteeing the onion, make sure not to brown them, otherwise they change the taste and flavour.
   4. Strong cheddar cheese works great in this recipe

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