Date Muffins

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease or line 10 cups of a muffin tin.
  2. Whisk flour
  3. sugar
  4. baking powder
  5. salt
  6. and baking soda together in a bowl. Add dates
  7. separating the pieces as you drop them into the flour mixture. Mix to coat.
  8. Whisk buttermilk
  9. egg
  10. and butter together in a small bowl. Fold buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until just combined.
  11. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin.
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the largest muffin comes out clean
  13. about 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 10

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