Description
A variation of an old family recipe and my daughter’s favorite. These are addictive if you love dates! Use fresh whole dates for best results.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup pitted and chopped dates
- 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease or line 10 cups of a muffin tin.
- Whisk flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- and baking soda together in a bowl. Add dates
- separating the pieces as you drop them into the flour mixture. Mix to coat.
- Whisk buttermilk
- egg
- and butter together in a small bowl. Fold buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until just combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the largest muffin comes out clean
- about 15 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 10