20 cheese muffin recipes

Extra sharp cheddar gets worked into self-rising flour and cold butter for these tender mini cheese muffins. Bake dozens ahead and freeze for quick appetizers anytime.

Bacon and cheese can both be found in these muffins. Using mostly whole wheat flour and olive oil instead of all-purpose flour and butter makes them much healthier and still taste delicious.

Whole wheat English muffins topped with a seasoned cottage cheese and wheat germ spread, fresh tomato, and broiled cheddar strips. A high-protein open-faced melt ready in 15 minutes.

Buttermilk corn muffins with a kick from green chilies and melted cheddar cheese. Soy flour adds extra protein to these quick and easy savory muffins.

Savory bacon cheddar muffins with oats, a pinch of chili powder, and skim milk. A hearty, grab-and-go breakfast muffin for the brunch crowd or a make-ahead school morning.

Sausage muffins combine cornbread batter with crumbled breakfast sausage and Parmesan cheese for a portable savory breakfast. Freezer-friendly and great on the go.

Hearty breakfast muffins packed with sharp cheddar, chopped apples, oats, and pecans. Each muffin gets crowned with a cinnamon-sugar dusted apple slice before baking golden brown.

Cheddar cornmeal muffins with buttermilk, melted butter, and a hint of cayenne. Golden-topped, tender, and loaded with sharp cheese. A savory muffin for brunch or alongside chili.

A quick and succulent pie that everyone will love with dinner! Perfect for that first dinner party you were invited to.

Easy tamale pie tops a quick ground beef chili with a corn muffin batter, then bakes everything until the cornbread is golden and cheddar melts into pools. Weeknight Tex-Mex casserole in 45 minutes.

A Tex-Mex tamale-style bake with seasoned ground beef, green chilies, melted Monterey Jack, and a golden cornbread crust. Pantry ingredients, one baking dish, and dinner is on the table.

Layered cornbread casserole with corn chips, sour cream, chilies, cheddar, and olive-studded cornbread baked over the top. A Southwest potluck bake that comes together in 30 minutes.

Prize-winning lemon blueberry muffins with yogurt cheese, fresh lemon zest, and a double hit of citrus from extract. Tender, tangy, blueberry-packed bakery-style muffins from scratch.

Carrot raisin cupcakes with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar in a tender oil-based batter. A single-bowl muffin-meets-cupcake recipe ready to frost with cream cheese icing.

Patty Ann's cheese cake tarts: bite-size cream cheese pastry shells with two fillings, pecan and coconut. Muffin-tin desserts for holiday cookie trays.

Pecan tassies with cream cheese pastry shells filled with brown sugar, pecans, and egg. Bite-size pecan pies baked in mini muffin tins until golden and set.