An easy zucchini muffin recipe. Recipe: Chocolate zucchini cake - in the oven, without eggs. cheese muffins with green onions

An easy zucchini muffin recipe.  Recipe: Chocolate zucchini cake - in the oven, without eggs.  cheese muffins with green onions

In general, all sorts of flash mobs are a good thing, I think. As far as I can see, I met almost all of my LJ friends thanks to FM. Either they came to me to participate, or I came to them, or we were playing flash mobile games together somewhere) Here’s Yulia cheburash_kin she came to me and introduced herself, she brought lunch for MONOCHROME, green. And since then we have been friends. Yulia has recently joined LiveJournal, you will definitely meet her, she is a most charming person, very pleasant to talk to and positive. And of course she cooks great! I chose these muffins from her http://cheburash-kin.livejournal.com/12288.html#cutid1, with our favorite zucchini.
We swept them away at once, they just got eaten by themselves))

Don’t forget to criticize the photos, does everyone remember?


Author's recipe and my changes

1 small young squash or zucchini
150 g flour
2 eggs
50-70 g hard cheese
2-3 sprigs of mint
80 ml milk (replaced with yogurt, it took about 150 ml)
60 ml olive oil
2 tbsp. semolina
1 tsp baking powder
Several sun-dried tomatoes (optional)

Preheat the oven to 190 C.
Wash the zucchini and coarsely grate the skin and skin. Coarsely grate the cheese and add to the zucchini. Break the eggs in there and mix everything.
Combine flour with semolina and baking powder, add to zucchini mixture. Add milk, salt, pepper and stir. The dough should have the consistency of thick sour cream. Pour 50 ml of olive oil into the dough and mix again. Grease the muffin tins with the remaining oil and fill 2/3 full with dough. Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the muffins are golden brown. Serve sprinkled with mint.
They rise very well.
*I made it according to the recipe, the zucchini was very young, I didn’t peel it and grated it coarsely. Instead of milk I added homemade yogurt. I put coarsely chopped sun-dried tomatoes in half of the muffins. I baked some of it in a silicone muffin pan and the remaining dough in a small rectangular pan.

Mix all dry ingredients in a cup (flour, sugar, cocoa, vanillin, cinnamon, soda, drops, nuts, raisins).
In another cup, mash the banana with a fork (or replace it with a grated apple), add the grated zucchini.
Pour sunflower oil (or coconut) here, mix everything well and add this mixture to the dry ingredients.
Knead the dough.
It should not be dry, but slightly moist.

Preheat the oven to 165 degrees.
Grease the mold with oil and place the dough there.
And sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
Bake for 40-45 minutes.
Check periodically with a toothpick.
The main thing is not to dry out our cupcake.
It should remain slightly uncooked inside.
Remove from oven, let cool.
Then remove from the mold and cut into pieces.
You can’t feel the zucchini in the cupcake at all, and the kids eat it with pleasure!

You can replace the nuts in the recipe with any others you like.
You can use regular white flour or make your own from nuts.
The taste of the cake will change slightly if you add a little almond extract.

This recipe is perfect for those who watch their figure and diabetics, if the sugar in the recipe is replaced with fit parad or fructose.
Bon appetit!

These muffins can be eaten anytime, anywhere, rediscovering their delicate taste every time! You won't find a better snack!

1. juicy chicken muffins with herbs - they just melt in your mouth!

Chicken breast is one of the main products for those who care about their shape! But who likes to chew dry boiled breast? Try these muffins - chicken has never tasted so good! (You can prepare it in advance and then take it with you to lunch at the office; they are equally tasty either hot or cold).

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet 2 pcs. (500 g).
  • Egg 2 pcs.
  • Low-fat milk 100 ml.
  • Greens to taste: parsley, dill, cilantro, onion.
  • Wheat bran 1 tbsp. l.
  • Salt to taste.

Preparation:

Boil the chicken breast, then grind it in a blender with herbs, add a little salt. Beat eggs with milk, add bran, pour this mixture into the minced chicken, mix everything thoroughly. Distribute the mixture into muffin tins and place in the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees.

Bon appetit!

2. zucchini and cottage cheese muffins.

Ingredients:

  • * zucchini (zucchini) 600 g.
  • * low-fat cottage cheese 150 g.
  • * eggs 2 pcs.
  • * salt.
  • * whole grain flour 1/2 cup.
  • * garlic 1-2 cloves.

Preparation:

Grate the zucchini. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Add a few more tablespoons of flour with baking powder to the dough, and lightly grease the muffin tins with a drop of oil. Bake for 25 minutes at 200*C.
Serve with sour cream or yogurt.

3. Cheese muffins with green onions.


Ingredients:

  • Low-fat kefir 200 ml.
  • Whole wheat flour 4 tbsp. l.
  • Eggs 1 pc.
  • Low-fat hard cheese 160 g.
  • Soda 1/2 tsp.
  • Green onions to taste.

Preparation:

Grate the cheese on a small grater.
Beat the egg into the cheese and mix.
Next, pour in kefir, add chopped green onions and stir.
Sift the flour and soda into the cheese and kefir mixture and mix well.
Let the dough stand for 20-30 minutes so that the flour swells and the soda interacts with kefir.
Then place in molds (if the molds are not silicone or Teflon, grease them with olive oil) and bake in a hot oven for 25-40 minutes at 220-240 degrees until golden brown on top.

4. zucchini muffins for a PP snack.


Ingredients:

  • * 300 g zucchini.
  • * 250 g whole grain flour (can be replaced with ground oatmeal).
  • * 200 ml skim milk.
  • * 1 egg.
  • * 2 tsp. baking powder.
  • * cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves.
  • * olive oil.
  • * salt, stevia.

Preparation:

1. sift the flour with salt, baking powder and spices, add stevia and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly with a whisk.
2. In another bowl, lightly shake the egg, add milk and a drop of olive oil to it, mix.

3. Peel the zucchini and grate it on a fine grater.


How about adding bananas? Cottage cheese combined with tender bananas gives an amazing taste.

Ingredients:

1. Beat eggs and sugar until stiff and add vanilla to taste.

2. Add melted butter, cottage cheese and mix.

3. Bananas must be peeled and mashed with a fork. Add to the dough and stir.

4. Sift the flour along with baking powder, salt and only then add it to the dough.

Attention! Wholemeal flour will weigh the cakes down and they won't rise as well. 5. Break the chocolate bar into small pieces, add to the dough and mix everything well. Or put it as a filling in each mold. 6. Place in molds and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes. The most delicate dessert with bananas and chocolate is ready! Believe me, you will be proud of yourself :)

Video Diet muffins that do not contain a single gram of sugar

1. Blueberries

In a bowl, mix flour (2 tbsp), sugar (1/3 tbsp), baking powder (2.5 tsp) and salt (1/2 tsp).

  • Add 1 cup blueberries, 3/4 cup milk, 1/3 melted butter and 1 egg.
  • Mix the dough.
  • Fill paper muffin tins 2/3 full (heightwise) with dough and place in the oven for 3 minutes (maximum power). Another 3 min. We don’t open the door!
  • Serve with honey.

2. With nuts or raisins


12 pieces 65 kcal each

Ingredients:

1 cup flour (oatmeal or whole wheat)

Chicken egg 1 pc.

Baking powder 1 teaspoon

Vanillin 3 gr.

Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

Apple 1 pc.

Low-fat cottage cheese 50 gr.

Apple juice 50 gr.

Olive oil 2 teaspoons.

For sweetness, stevia to taste

Using a mixer, beat the egg and sugar into a strong foam. Mix dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, vanillin, cocoa. Add the egg mixture and mix thoroughly. Peel and core the apples and cut into cubes. Add juice, cottage cheese, vegetable oil, apples to the flour mixture and mix. This dough is enough to make 12 muffins. Place the dough into each mold up to half the volume. Place in the oven preheated to 200 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. The finished muffins will rise like a “hat” above the sides of the molds. (c) 0% fat

Muffins are typically Western baked goods. Many people think that there is no difference between them and regular cupcakes. In fact, the differences are significant. If you don’t know them, then even the most experienced chef will not be able to make real muffins. Therefore, getting acquainted with this pastry should begin not with direct preparation, but with studying its technology.

Few people would think that you can bake diet muffins. In fact, even if you add chocolate, they will still be lower in calories than cupcakes. The dough for this baking has a high percentage of flour and liquid. It, of course, contains eggs and butter. Not too many of them are added. So you won’t get baked goods at the end. Unlike muffins, muffins are a little coarser in crumb structure and have a crust.

The first thing you need to understand is that this type of baking requires a special mixing technique. In the West, muffins are considered quick bread. Unlike cupcakes, they are not only sweet. They add cheese, ham, herbs and other ingredients. Correctly, the muffin dough is prepared in 3 steps. This method is also called dry mixing. It is necessary so that the output is a crumb with a porous structure. Also, due to separate mixing, a beautiful crispy crust is formed.

The essence of preparing muffin dough is to sift the flour separately and add sugar, vanillin, and baking powder. Oil, milk or other liquid and eggs are mixed in another bowl. At the end they are poured into the dry mixture.

There are several more secrets to making muffins. Baking powder should be used as a leavening agent, not soda. Baked goods without filling sometimes turn out less tender than muffins. Therefore, if you want to make muffins with an airy structure, then be sure to add berries, chocolate, and fruits.

To create a crispy crust, sprinkle the surface with a small amount of sugar. It draws moisture out of the crumb. The resulting crust is crumbly and sweet.

Many people know that pastry shops and coffee shops sell muffins with a large top. A similar effect can be very easily achieved at home. To do this, you need to calculate whether the correct amount of baking powder is offered to you according to the recipe.


Ideally 125 gr. flour is 1 tsp.

Many confectioners put the dough into molds in a non-standard way. It usually takes up half the space. To create a large cap, the dough level is not brought to the edge by 1 cm. Disposable paper, silicone or iron molds with ribbed edges are used as baking containers. If you want to prepare muffins for guests, then you should use the first ones. This will make the baked goods more convenient to eat. Silicone molds are more suitable for continuous cooking.

Banana muffins are not only incredibly tasty. They can be considered dietary. Calorie content is reduced due to the fact that in 100 g. fruit contains only 60 kcal! So you can afford them even if you are on a diet. You can also save money on these baked goods. Sometimes stores sell overripe bananas at a discount. Such fruits will come in handy! They warm up very well. The result is a homogeneous dough.

Looking good is every girl's dream. But there is another side to the coin: having a snack with a delicious dessert improves your mood, and the day itself becomes better. Therefore, you need to find a way out of this situation, because you want to eat delicious muffins and pastries, and at the same time lose weight. A dessert like dietary oatmeal muffins is very light and does not contribute to excess weight gain. Ordinary muffins are very high in calories, they contain products such as butter or even margarine, and in combination with sugar, the result is not a very pleasant product for the condition of the figure. Based on this, dietary oatmeal muffins are prepared without adding the above products, which means there will be no harm from consuming them. In addition, oats are a very healthy product that promotes weight loss, and oats are also effective for cleansing the body. You can prepare this dessert at home, and it will not be difficult, but before you begin, you need to consider the following several recipes.

Diet cake recipe No. 1

The recipe is very simple, moreover, you can add various dried fruits and nuts to the diet oatmeal cake. The cupcake itself will have a delicate taste and will delight not only the girl who is on a diet, but also the guests at home. To prepare, you need to crack 4 chicken eggs into a deep bowl. Add 100 g of sugar and a small amount of cinnamon to the eggs, as well as 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Beat the mixture until smooth, then pour in 30 grams of vegetable oil, stir, and add 100 g of oatmeal. Mix everything again, pour in 100 grams of milk, add 100 grams of flour, mix until smooth, add a handful of raisins to the finished dough and mix. Place the dough into the prepared pan. And bake until done, it will take about an hour.

Recipe No. 2


The dough of this cake is very light, you can add your favorite dried fruits to it, or eat it with your favorite jam. A good addition would be berries such as strawberries, raspberries or currants. To start cooking, you need to pour a glass of oatmeal with a glass of low-fat kefir, or plain yogurt. Leave the flakes in this state for 10–15 minutes. Add 2 chicken eggs, soda and vinegar, vanillin, cinnamon and nutmeg to the resulting mixture. You can use sucrose instead of sugar. Mix the dough well, then add 50 grams of oatmeal and 20 grams of raisins. Mix the dough well again, prepare the baking tins, fill them, and bake for 20 minutes. Recipe with apples If a person is on a diet, then it is not at all necessary to deny yourself sweets. And adding an apple will help saturate the body faster and get rid of hunger for a long time.

You can replace the apple filling with another one, for example, fill it with pear, cherries or other favorite berries. First you need to take a deep bowl, pour a glass of oatmeal into it, and pour a glass of low-fat kefir. Mix the mixture well and leave for 15–25 minutes in a cool place. In a separate bowl, beat one chicken egg with 50 grams of sugar. Add flakes soaked in kefir to the resulting mixture. Two small apples, washed, dried, peeled and seeded, and then cut into small cubes. Add 50 grams of flour to the cereal, and cinnamon to taste, and then add apples to the general mixture.

The dough needs to be kneaded well and then poured into muffin tins. Diet oatmeal muffins will take about 30 minutes to bake. The finished dish can be sprinkled with sesame seeds. With a little manipulation in the kitchen you can get a wonderful dessert. Thanks to this, you will enjoy drinking tea, as well as enjoying a beautiful slender figure.

Diet cupcakes with kefir. TOP recipe

INGREDIENTS:

  • Ground oatmeal 1 tbsp.
  • Low-fat kefir 0.5 cups
  • Whole oat flakes 1 tbsp.
  • Prunes 80 g
  • Chicken egg 2 pcs.
  • Baking powder 2 tsp.
  • Salt, stevia

PREPARATION:

  1. Pour 115 g of oatmeal with 1/2 cup of boiling water.
  2. Grind the second half of the oatmeal (115 g) in a blender or coffee grinder and mix with kefir.
  3. Then combine both parts, add eggs, baking powder and stevia, mix well.
  4. Add prunes, mix gently.
  5. Place the resulting mass on a baking sheet greased with oil. Bake for 50-60 minutes until done.

Diet muffins with chicken. "Chicken Muffins"

Diet chicken breast muffins in the oven. ... Chicken breast muffins are just the thing to add to your menu. They are easily digestible, pleasant to the taste, have a low amount of calories, and the dish looks very appetizing. This is an ideal solution for those who want to lose weight or maintain a normal figure, but really love meat. The first thing that might come to mind from such products is lean chicken. Using these recipes, you don’t have to worry about eating unhealthy. Chicken breast muffins are a great alternative to other high-calorie baked goods. Little secrets of making chicken muffins according to the Dukan diet: It is best to use non-fat parts of chicken in recipes, for example, fillet. The skin should always be removed because it contains the most fat. For the Dukan diet, the most important thing is that all foods must be low in calories and must contain a small amount of fat. Set of products: Preparation steps: 1. To begin with, the chicken fillet needs to be cut as small as possible. 2. Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the egg white and add salt. Carefully fold the resulting mixture of whipped egg whites into the meat. 3. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. 4. To prevent the muffins from sticking, grease the molds with a drop of olive oil. Fill the blanks with the resulting mixture, without filling the mold to the top, somewhere to the middle. 5. Bake for about half an hour. By adding bran to this recipe, its benefits will only increase. Minced meat muffins: Dukan recipe
Product set:

  • chicken fillet - 500 grams; wheat bran - 2 tbsp. l.; low-fat milk 0.5% - 150 ml; eggs - 2 pcs.; white onions - 2 pcs.; dill - half a bunch of parsley - half a bunch; olive oil - 1 tsp; Use spices at your discretion. Cooking process:

1. Pass the sirloin in a meat grinder or chop in a blender. 2. Chop the onion finely and fry in a frying pan without using oil for about 10 minutes. 3. Greens need to be thoroughly washed and cut. 4. Place minced chicken in a mixture of fried onions and herbs in a frying pan. 5. Beat the eggs and milk well, then add the bran and mix everything well. 6. Add the prepared minced meat to this mixture and add spices to taste. Mix everything and let it brew for 10 minutes. 7. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Be sure to grease the molds with oil and place the minced meat on them, filling only halfway. Baking time is 25-30 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • apple – 1 large
  • egg – 1 pc.
  • honey – 1 tbsp.
  • ground rolled oats - 0.5 cups
  • baking powder – 0.5 tsp.
  • vanillin, cinnamon to taste

Instead of ground rolled oats, you can use oatmeal or whole grain flour.

Preparation:


The results are light and airy dietary apple muffins. They cannot fail and not be liked.

The recipe is so simple that even a child can do it.

And, the best thing for any housewife, apple muffins are prepared very, very quickly, so you can bake them quite often without bothering yourself too much.

Enjoy your tea time with these delicious apple muffins! It’s doubly pleasant when you know that you get pleasure from delicious baked goods and don’t gain weight, right?

If you liked this recipe, then perhaps you will also be interested in Apple Oatmeal Muffins.

And if you like baking without flour, based on oatmeal, then I recommend trying “Baked oatmeal with apples”

Bon appetit and be healthy! Leave your comments - feedback is very important!

Best regards, Lena Radova

Tired of oatmeal for breakfast? In this case, why not make something easy and healthy from baked goods, such as zucchini muffins? Firstly, it won't take much time, so you won't have to get up early. Secondly, vegetable muffins can be supplemented with a lot of goodies and health benefits - cheese, pieces of meat fillet, cottage cheese, multigrain flakes, fresh herbs. We are sure that among the proposed recipes there will be an option for your slim figure, for your gourmet spouse, and for your growing little one.

Subtleties of preparing vegetable baked goods

Muffins, however, like all baked goods made from zucchini, have a lot of advantages. It is tasty, low-calorie, and depending on the ingredients, it can be a light main course, part of an appetizer, or even a sweet dessert.

Of all the vegetables, zucchini is best suited for such experiments. Why?

  • The pulp of young fruits has a loose, delicate consistency; when baked, the fibers seem to “melt” and are absolutely not felt in the dough.
  • The vegetable has a neutral taste, which can be easily shaded in one direction or another with the help of products and spices that are brighter in this regard.
  • Dishes made from it belong to the “instant cooking” category, since the grated zucchini is baked in a matter of minutes.
  • We must not forget about the dietary properties of the vegetable. And even if some of the vitamins are destroyed during heat treatment, no less valuable minerals (potassium, iron, magnesium) will remain, as well as fiber, with the help of which the body cleanses itself of toxic waste products.

To make vegetable muffins tender and crumbly, we will share the secrets of their proper preparation.

  1. You need a young zucchini, with thin soft skin, without seeds. As a last resort, it needs to be cleaned and the inner fibrous part thrown away.
  2. The grated pulp should be left for a few minutes to release the juice, and then squeeze out the excess liquid. If you don't do this, the inside of the baked goods will be soggy. The younger the vegetable, the more water it contains.
  3. Add a little flour to these muffins, and add semolina for the desired consistency. It makes the dough porous and fluffy.
  4. If you add liquid to the dough, it is better to use homemade yogurt rather than milk or kefir. It will taste better.
  5. An essential ingredient in quick zucchini muffins is baking powder. It is added to dry sifted flour, but not to beaten eggs or milk. This way the baked goods will not absorb excess fat.
  6. The dough flavored with olive oil is softer and has a characteristic finely porous (cupcake) structure.

Do you know how muffins differ from regular cupcakes? Firstly, the dough kneading technology - for muffins, liquid and dry components are mixed separately, and only after that they are combined. Secondly, it is customary to add fillers to muffins - fruits, vegetables, chocolate, cheese, nuts. In modern recipes there is no strict gradation of these types of baked goods.

The eyes are afraid, but the hands are busy - recipes for zucchini muffins

Once you’ve made zucchini muffins at least a couple of times and understand the technology, you won’t need the recipe anymore. The composition of this dish is so “free” that every time you can do something new, improvising with what is currently in the refrigerator.

Muffins from Yulia Vysotskaya

The first recipe is from the idol of millions of housewives, Yulia Vysotskaya. Muffins made from it are light, nutritious, and have a well-balanced composition. They have everything the body needs, especially on the eve of a working day - proteins, complex carbohydrates, fiber, the right fats.

Grate a medium-sized zucchini on a coarse grater, discard it in a colander - some of the liquid will go away on its own; if there is too much juice, the pulp can be lightly squeezed out. Transfer the “cake” into a bowl and add liquid ingredients to it:

  • lightly beaten eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • milk – 80 ml;
  • grated cheese – 80–100 g;
  • olive oil – 50 g.

In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients - flour (a little more than half a glass), semolina (2 tablespoons), baking powder (standard 10 g bag). Add salt and a little ground pepper here.

Having combined liquid and dry products, knead the dough. Place it in muffin tins and fill them 2/3 full. While you are working with the dough, preheat the oven. The required temperature is 180–190⁰ C. After 15–20΄, the kitchen will smell so fragrant that your family won’t need any alarm clock. An unconventional breakfast is ready!

Cupcakes without flour

If flour products for breakfast are generally unacceptable for you, you can knead zucchini muffins without baking flour.
We will replace it with a mixture of whole grain (50 g) and almond flour (50 g). You can prepare both components yourself by grinding the appropriate amount of cereal flakes and almonds in a blender.

Let's take a zucchini that is also healthier - zucchini. Its pulp is tender, soft, there are practically no seeds, there is more carotene, folic acid than in its white-fruited relative. But on the contrary, there are fewer calories (16 versus 27). One medium fruit is enough for a serving of muffins.

Of the other components, let's take:

  • egg (1 pc.);
  • homemade yogurt or sourdough (60 ml);
  • olive oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
  • green onions and cilantro (can be replaced with parsley) - 50 g each;
  • baking powder – 5 g;
  • cheese – 50 g;
  • salt, black pepper.

While the grated zucchini releases its juice, mix eggs, yogurt, butter, and half the amount of grated cheese. Add dry ingredients to this mixture, at the end - zucchini and finely chopped greens. Place the dough in greased pans and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Diet muffins are baked at 180⁰ C 25΄.

For a hearty breakfast (with chicken fillet)

If you need to feed your spouse breakfast, prepare a heartier version of zucchini muffins. What will you need for this?

Let's start with zucchini. Grate two small zucchini and add a little salt to release the juice better. Before adding to the dough, squeeze out the liquid.

A small sweet and juicy carrot will keep him company. Let's rub it too. And chop the onion very finely. If you like the aroma of garlic, you can add a clove by squeezing it through a press. Of the greens, dill will work best here - take a generous bunch.

The next muffin filling is chicken fillet. You need 200 grams of meat, cut it into small (1×1 cm) cubes.

To prepare the dough, in addition to the indicated products, you will need:

  • eggs – 2 pcs.;
  • sour cream 20% – 4 tbsp. heaped spoons;
  • flour and semolina - 2 tbsp each. spoons;
  • baking powder – 5 g;
  • cheese – 100 g.

Combine vegetables with meat, sour cream, and lightly beaten eggs. Add dry ingredients. Don't forget to add salt and pepper to taste. Fill the molds 2/3 full with dough, sprinkle finely grated hard cheese on top.

Baking time – 30–40΄(t 180⁰С).

With sour cream, these muffins are a real treat!

Curd and zucchini duet

This muffin recipe successfully combines the refreshing taste of zucchini and the delicate creaminess of homemade cottage cheese and butter. And in terms of useful components, this is a good balance of products.

For a young, medium-sized zucchini:

  • homemade fat cottage cheese – 200 g;
  • eggs – 3 pcs.;
  • butter (as an alternative, you can use olive oil) – 100 g;
  • a small bunch of dill.

You also need ¾ cup of flour, which we combine with semolina (2 tablespoons) and baking powder (5 g).

Mix the suggested products into a soft dough. Bake in muffin tins 25–30΄ (t 180⁰С).

If you understand the essence of the technology, you can further improvise ad infinitum, changing fillers “like gloves.” In addition to the products mentioned, ham, soft cheese such as Almetta, sweet pepper, as well as raisins, cinnamon, and coriander work well in unsweetened muffins. Cook and create your own recipes.

Zucchini muffins:

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You can use zucchini to prepare not only main courses, but also a variety of snacks, for example, muffins. They turn out juicy, tender and incredibly tasty. Try to make muffins from zucchini, for this you will need simple, affordable products.

The main advantage of this summer dish is its quick preparation; the whole process does not take more than 30 minutes. Garlic adds piquancy to the appetizer. Absolutely everyone will love these fragrant zucchini muffins baked in the oven. The recipe is simple, quickly knead the dough, pour into molds and into the oven. After 20 min. You can take out the appetizer and serve it immediately.

Ingredients

  • large zucchini - 1 pc.;
  • onions - 2 pcs.;
  • sweet pepper - 0.5 pcs.;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
  • homemade cottage cheese - 75 g;
  • flour - 160 g;
  • salt - 5 g;
  • refined oil – 30 ml;
  • sugar, spices, soy sauce - to your own taste.

Preparation

Prepare the zucchini, peel it, remove the seeds if the fruit is ripe. If the zucchini is young, then you can simply rinse it and trim the ends. Grind the zucchini on a coarse grater.

Finely chop half a sweet pepper and a few cloves of garlic. The muffins will turn out to have a piquant taste if you add not only garlic to the dough, but also herbs, sweet or hot chili peppers.

Place the zucchini mixture with pepper and garlic in a saucepan, add a handful of flour and stir. If desired, you can add a little cottage cheese (2-3 tbsp) or a handful of grated hard cheese to the zucchini.

Beat three eggs into a saucepan, add a pinch of sugar, salt, and the required amount of vegetable oil. Beat the eggs with a mixer until smooth and fluffy.

Combine the zucchini mass and egg mixture, the remaining flour, mix everything with a spatula. If the dough is not salty enough, you can add soy sauce or salt and spices. Depending on the juiciness of the zucchini, the muffin batter may turn out runny. In this case, add a few tablespoons of flour.

On a note: To keep the muffins airy after baking, you can add baking powder to the dough (no more than 1 teaspoon).

Grease silicone molds with oil, spoon out the zucchini dough into about 2/3 of the molds.

Advice: Regular metal muffin tins can also be used for baking.

Place the baking sheet with zucchini muffins in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Bake the vegetable appetizer until browned. Check readiness by piercing through with a wooden skewer. The skewer should remain dry and clean.

The zucchini muffins are ready, they look very appetizing, carefully remove them from the molds, place them on a dish, and serve with sour cream sauce. Enjoy your meal!

Cooking tips

  • If desired, add chopped herbs to the dough; it will add bright, refreshing notes.
  • To add new flavor notes, add grated hard cheese or chicken to the dough; it can be cut into small cubes or minced into minced meat.
  • Before kneading the dough, the flour must be sifted.
  • If you don’t like garlic, you don’t have to add it to the dough, it will turn out just as tasty.
  • For muffins, it is better to use homemade cottage cheese; the snack will be much juicier and more tender.
  • If you add soy sauce, do not add additional salt.
  • Before baking, sprinkle the dough with a small amount of grated cheese; as a result of baking, an appetizing cheese crust will form.
  • Instead of wheat flour, you can use whole grain flour; the dough will retain its porous structure.



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