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American pancakes, bacon and maple syrup is a happy trio, and a loved weekend breakfast. With a dearth of eggs in the Fuss Free kitchen pancakes were off the menu and muffins were on.
For many years muffins were a weekend breakfast staple. We have fallen out of the habit of making them, and I certainly blog them more infrequently; possibly due to having exhausted many of the flavour possibilities. They are well worth revisiting, you can measure out the ingredients the night before, quickly mix and pop into the oven to bake whist you shower, fetch the papers, go back to bed for a snooze or make the coffee.
I nearly always bake my muffins in a silicon pan, with a smear of oil or quickspritz of cake release spray. The more you use it they more non stick it will become, the trick with silicon bakeware is to stand it on an upturned old wire cooling tray which supports it and makes getting it in and out of the oven far easier. You can use those very attractive tulip muffins wraps but at around 20p each in the supermarkets they are stupidly expensive.
My maple syrup was from Clarks, they have a range of 4 syrups (No1, No2, vanilla and original) as well as a selection of honeys. I was astonished to read that it takes 4000g of maple sap to make 100g of maple syrup. Remember that once opened you need to keep it in the fridge, it can go mouldy and maple syrup is a relatively expensive product that you do not want to waste.
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Recipe: Maple Bacon Muffins
Breakfast muffins filled with maple candied bacon. Ideal for a weekend brunch.
Servings: 4 muffins
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 90 g bacon or small packet pancetta (or finely chopped thick cut bacon)
- 1 tbs maple syrup
- 175 g plain flour (I used half regular and half spelt)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 115 g milk (soy or dairy)
- 30 g vegetable oil (I usually use sunflower)
Instructions
Fry the pancetta in a little oil over a medium heat until crisp and starting to brown. Discard the fat from the pan and spread the pancetta out on a sheet of kitchen paper to absorb the rest of the fat. Return the pancetta to the pan, add the tbs of maple syrup and cook for a few minutes until the syrup has thickened and coated the pancetta.
Whisk the oil and milk mixture with a fork. Add 3/4 of the maple syrup pancetta to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and fold together (the batter should be lumpy and mixing should take no more than 15 folds). Dollop the mixture into your usual muffin pan and sprinkle each muffin with a the rest of the pancetta. Bake at GM5/190C/170C (fan)/375F for 20 – 25 mins until risen.
Serve warm with extra maple syrup.
Notes
Add chopped sun dried tomatoes, spring onions and grated cheese.
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Nutrition Facts
Recipe: Maple Bacon Muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 349Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Cholesterol 17mg6%
Sodium 163mg7%
Potassium 266mg8%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 45IU1%
Calcium 99mg10%
Iron 2.2mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Maple Bacon Muffins, muffins
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Lashings of maple syrup
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Kavey
Those look very much something I’d like… adore bacon and maple syrup combo.Reply
Gill Bland
Oh yum. I love Parsnip and Bacon muffins – my Nanna used to make them, but I’ve never been able to make them taste as good as hers so I think I might have to make these my signature bacon muffin instead. Good quality maple syrup makes such a difference. Out of interest have you ever tried Sorghum? I’ve been hearing a lot about it as a honey / maple alternative lately.Reply
Jen @ BlueKitchenBakes
I need these muffins in my life right now! Sadly I just finished up the last of my maple syrup last night in some chocolate buttercream. I have become a big lover of American pancakes with smoky bacon and maple syrup this year. Having the combination in muffin form seems like the next logical step so thanks for the recipe :)
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Laura Loves Cakes
These muffins really do look like a tasty weekend treat and perfect for brunch. Maple syrup on anything is always a winner too! :-)
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whatkatebaked
Indeed, the perfect Sunday- I’d definately be leaping out of bed for hot coffee, an entire rainforest of Sunday papers and a few of these tasty muffins! Thank you for entering these into Tea Time Treats HelenReply
FoodGeek
These look amazing! As a bacon addict I must try them!Reply
liz
These muffins look absolutely delicious!!! I have just bookmarked them. A must try for me. Thank you for sharing!Reply
Abigail
These sound so good. I was wondering if the oven temperature is for a conventional oven or a fan-assisted oven, as I know that can affect what temperature should be set.
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Helen Best-Shaw
Oh gosh – this is quite an old recipe and I cook with gas. 170C fan should work well
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