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Baklava Muffins

All the deliciousness of baklava in a muffin, no Phyllo dough required! Maybe 90% of the deliciousness.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword Muffins, walnuts
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 muffins

Equipment

  • 1 muffin tin
  • 12 muffin liners

Ingredients

Filling

  • 100 grams walnuts finely chopped
  • 134 grams sugar, granulated
  • 8 grams cinnamon
  • 84 grams butter, melted 6 tbsp
  • honey for drizzling on top

Muffins

  • 180 grams AP flour
  • 8 grams baking powder
  • 2.5 grams baking soda
  • 50 grams sugar, granulated
  • 1 egg, large
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted 3 tbsp
  • 272 grams buttermilk

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit

Muffin Filling

  • Chop the walnuts into small, fine pieces.
  • Melt the butter
  • Mix the chopped walnuts with the butter, cinnamon, and sugar and stir until completely combined. Set aside until ready to use.

Muffin Batter

  • In a large bowl, mix the AP flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar and set aside.
  • In a large measuring cup, whisk together the egg, melted butter and buttermilk.
  • Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in your wet ingredients.
  • Using a spatula, gently mix everything together. Make sure there aren't any floury bits but its fine if the mixture has lumps
  • Put the muffin liners in the muffin tin and dollop a bit of the batter into the liner filled cups so that they're a third of the way full.
  • Take a heaping teaspoon of the filling mixture and place it on top of the 12 partially filled muffin cups.
  • Fill the muffin cups with more batter so that they are two-thirds of the way full.
  • Sprinkle the remainder of the filling on top of the muffins
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Remove the muffins from the tin and place on a wire rack.
  • Drizzle honey on top of the muffins and enjoy. Muffins can be stored at room temp in an air-tight container for 5 days.