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Fig and Goat Cheese Muffins

January 13, 2013 by jessfuel 10 Comments

These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!

These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!

OK, so I guess it’s time to post at least one healthy recipe for all you New Year’s resolutioners. One of our favorite pastimes is eating, so we are definitely not dieters. Since we can’t stop eating, for the New Year we are at least going to attempt to eat slightly healthier. After all, it is possible to make healthier food taste delicious!

These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!

These delicious muffins are packed full of good-for-you stuff like whole wheat, figs and olive oil, which will help keep you full (and away from the leftover Christmas candy) all morning!

We had these muffins at Nick’s dad’s house over Thanksgiving and I’ve been dying to make them again. When I found a few big boxes of figs on holiday clearance at the commissary for $1.50 (score!!), it was the perfect time!

These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!

The muffins came out super yummy. Nick ate about half of them, which means they were a hit and didn’t taste TOO healthy. πŸ˜‰ You really can’t go wrong with goat cheese and figs.

These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!

Fig and Goat Cheese Muffins
 
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These big, fluffy muffins are studded with sweet dried figs and stuffed with a lemon and honey goat cheese filling. They are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!
Author: Jess
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Muffins
Serves: 12 muffins
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup crumbled goat cheese
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
  • 1¼ tsp vanilla extract, divided
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 large egg white
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1¼ cups chopped dried figs
  • 3 tablespoons turbinado or granulated sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425Β°F. Coat a 12-muffin tin with cooking spray.
  2. Thoroughly combine goat cheese, honey, lemon zest and ¼ teaspoon vanilla in a small bowl and set aside.
  3. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
  4. Lightly beat eggs and egg white in a medium bowl. Add the brown sugar and the remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and whisk until the sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in buttermilk and oil until smooth.
  5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in the figs.
  6. Spoon half the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
  7. Add heaping teaspoons of the cheese filling to the center of each muffin, and cover with the remaining batter. (Make sure the cheese is fully covered. Also make sure you actually follow this advice. I did not, and, I ended up a few cheese explosions...)
  8. Sprinkle the muffins with sugar.
  9. Bake the muffins until the edges start to brown and the tops spring back when gently pressed, 13 to 15 minutes.
  10. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
3.5.3226

Adapted from Eating Well.

In other news, last night we went to see Zero Dark Thirty, the movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. It was really, really good. Rarely do Nick and I both like the same movies (he loves action and sci-fi stuff, while I hate fake, unrealistic [ie action and sci-fi] movies), so when we find one we both like a lot, it’s a big deal, it means it’s awesome, and I have to recommend it!

zerodark

The movie follows al-Qaeda’s terrorism from September 11 through the Navy SEALs’ attack on bin Laden’s compound, as seen through the CIA’s point of view. I was expecting it to be a lot like Act of Valor (also a great movie), but it was a lot different. Less action and more behind the scenes intelligence stuff. Who knows how much of it is pure truth and how much of it is Hollywood, but it was super interesting nonetheless. I’d highly recommend seeing it! And this is coming from someone who isn’t a big movie fan in general…

Anyone else seen the movie yet? What did you think?

Hope y’all have a nice lazy football-filled Sunday. Go Pats!

Note: Photos updated 2-10-17. Original photo below.

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Comments

  1. Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic says

    January 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    These muffins sound incredible! I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like them, but I know I will like it because I love fig and goat cheese. Yum!

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      January 14, 2013 at 6:01 pm

      Yes!!! They are really good πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Army Amy* says

    January 15, 2013 at 1:59 am

    I don’t know that I’ve ever eaten figs before. Surely I have, I can imagine their taste, I just can’t remember ever actually eating them. Hmm. I guess I’ll have to make these so I can say with certainty that I have had figs!*

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      January 15, 2013 at 10:09 am

      They’re the best!! I love fresh ones, but I’ve only ever found good ones in Paris and California…

      Reply
  3. Ellen Christian says

    January 18, 2013 at 9:16 am

    These sound really yummy and the movie sounds like one I need to watch!

    Reply
  4. danielle says

    January 20, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    Bookmarking these! Thanks for linking up to Friday Food Frenzy!

    Reply
  5. Medeja says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    These muffins sound wonderful! The combination of figs and goat cheese is so nice. The only problem is that i like the taste but don’t like that smell of goat cheese πŸ˜€

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      January 23, 2013 at 7:21 pm

      Agreed! I’m not a fan either… Luckily the honey and lemon cut it a lot.

      Reply
  6. danielle says

    January 26, 2013 at 8:08 am

    I wanted to let you know that I featured this recipe in my “What I Bookmarked This Week” post stop by and see.

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      January 26, 2013 at 9:51 am

      Yay!! Glad you liked them πŸ™‚ Thanks for featuring me!

      Reply

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