Shelly's Recipe

BAKLAVA MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

Filling
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
6 tablespoons butter, melted

Muffins
1 cup flour
7 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla

Topping
1/2 cup honey

Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Mix all the filling ingredients together in a small bowl, set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Mix the egg, melted butter, vanilla and buttermilk. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add gently mix in the wet ingredients.

Spray the muffin cups with butter flavored cooking spray or if you choose to use liners spray them with the butter flavored spray as well. Fill 12 Muffin cups 1/3 full, add a heaping tablespoon of filling, cover with more muffin mixture until 2/3 full.

Sprinkle any remaining filling on top of the muffins. Bake for 15 minutes. Put the muffins onto a rack to cool and drizzle with honey (it may be easier to drizzle the honey if it has been warmed first).