This week’s SMS was chosen by Hanaa of Hanaa’s Kitchen: caramelized onions, sage & cheddar muffins! Though I’m not usually a huge fan of savory breads/muffins, two things about this selection had me excited from the start. First, my love for caramelized onions cannot be overstated: they’re definitely up there among my favorite foods ever! Second, I only had a block of cheddar so I got to use my food processor to shred the cheese and I just think it’s the coolest thing to watch.
I made a few minor modifications to the recipe. I halved the recipe since I wasn’t sure I’d like them. I substituted dry sage because I didn’t have fresh. I also used 1% milk in place of the whole milk. The batter seemed fairly thick as I filled the muffin tin and I was a little worried these muffins might be dense. My muffins never really achieved “lightly golden” but the toothpick came out clean so I pulled them from the oven after about 25 minutes. Between the color and the shape, they weren’t the most attractive little muffins, but they smelled great! I sampled one and was thrilled to find that it wasn’t dense at all. It was moist and fluffy! I think the muffins will be a great accompaniment to a big bowl of soup! The only problem was that my muffins were a bit bland. Next time I’d definitely add more caramelized onions and be a bit more generous with the sage.
Thanks to Hanaa for a fun pick this week! She will post the recipe on her blog today or you can pick up the book. Be sure to visit our site to see how everyone else fared this week!
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These look interesting and sound like they were quite tasty…I would like to try them with your added suggestions.
Im glad you enjoyed them. They were great with soup!
Your muffins look great. I like how the onions and cheese really show up!
These look amazing! I think I love caramelized onions as much as you do. And sage is one of my favorite herbs. I think I’ll have to make these soon!
They look great!
YUM YUM YUM! I had actually shredded my cheese from the block and it was too difficult and frustrating. haha. I’ll do something differently next time.
i think the fresh sage really adds the punch. maybe next time 🙂
They look amazing!!
Katie xox
I’m glad you liked these. Adding more caramelized onions sounds like a good idea to try next time, if these were too bland. If you like garlic, I highly recommend adding some of that too.
Thanks for baking with me this week!
Your muffins look fabulous! Love how the cheese looks in them. I thought more sage and cheese would be good in mine, but was happy with the amount of onion I used.
I made these with shallots, very tasty.
Great blog!
Great looking photos! You and my husband feel the same about onions. I dont know why they’re not appealing to me.
Your muffins look great! I love that you were so excited by shredding the cheese in your food processor. I think they’d be really tasty with soup, too, though thanks to your advice mine weren’t bland at all, and I loved them on their own.
Yay! You used your food processor for shredding cheese. I love my food processor and found a minature one for under $30. The little one is perfect for dicing garlic and herbs and doing vinigrettes.
You always have the most beautiful pictures of food. I just love them! and your muffins cups are fun too! I glad you were happily surprised and I think this is what makes our baking group so enjoyable.
The muffins look great and I’m glad you enjoyed them! In terms of flavor, I recommend using fresh sage if possible, I used a little extra than the recipe called for for a more intense flavor (also more onions).
I lost the stem for my food processor when I moved last year and just ordered a new one! I was totally excited when I could start grating cheese in it.
I’m so glad that you liked these, and I’m jealous that yours were moist and fluffy. I’m also jealous of those adorable plaid cupcake liners. Those are super cute.
yum! looking at your pictures reminds me of how happy I will be atlunch time when I get to eat one of these!
your muffins look yum-o!
i skipped this one because something about savory and muffin just don’t fit in my book. i’ll have to figure out how to incorporate the idea into a biscuit batter 🙂
Those look really good! I love your cheec pic, too. I liked this recipe, too.
Great job on your muffins. Whenever I use my food processor to shred cheese, I wonder why I don’t do it all the time. It IS fun!
I’m glad you liked these muffins, they really turned out yummy! Yours look great.
I could almost taste these! The flavors sound amazing… I haven’t even tasted them, but I already agree — more caramelized onions and sage – mostly because I LOVE those ingredients!
I wasn’t going to try making these at all but after reading your post, I will have to make them.