Vidalia Onion Muffins
These Vidalia onion muffins are made with sweet onions, cheese, and oats, a fantastic alternative to sweet muffins. Bake them in a muffin tin or use a mini muffin tin to make irresistible little one-bite sweet onion muffins!
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2/3 cup diced or finely chopped Vidalia onion, about 1/2 large onion
- 3/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped chives, optional
- Melted butter, optional
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400 F.
- Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin tin or line it with cupcake papers.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the egg, vegetable oil, and milk; whisk to blend thoroughly. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, onion powder, oats, and sugar; stir to blend. Stir the dry ingredients into the egg and milk mixture just until blended.
- Gently fold the chopped Vidalia onion, shredded cheese, and chives (if using) into the batter.
- Spoon the Vidalia onion batter into the muffin tin, filling each one about 2/3 full.
- Bake the muffins in the preheated oven for about 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto racks. If desired, drizzle with melted butter and serve warm or at room temperature.
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