Pizza Muffins just sound like they would be perfect for any casual get together. An improvement would be to make them mini and even better – add a vegetable. Voila! Mini Pizza Muffins with Broccoli!
As an appetizer Mini Pizza Muffins can be handled much easier than regular size muffins. The perfect appetizer is from one to three bites so these are right in there.
You can even dunk them in pizza sauce – or not – but what’s not fun about dunking. As always, I like to switch things up so when I was making these muffins I thought “I should add a veggie!”.
Broccoli seemed like the right choice because it’s flavor blends perfectly with the stronger tastes of the pizza sauce. It was a go.
My idea of a perfect get-together or game day spread is two different dips, one being something like Spicy Black Bean Hummus, with a big plate of sliced raw vegetables, chips, crackers and two handy appetizers.
Appetizers that you can just pick up with your fingers. This mini muffin recipe is just one of those recipes. After you’ve ironed out your choices and made a list, all you have left to do is have drinks galore and invite your friends and/or family.
Here are a couple of hints for the broccoli preparation before baking – Cut the broccoli florets off of the stem. Pare the stems to get down to the tasty inside part. Steam the stems, only, for about 5-7 minutes. Add the florets and steam for up to 10 more minutes until the stem is fork tender. Cool the broccoli and cut the stem into very small pieces and the florets into small bits. They fall apart pretty easily. There you go.
So, go ahead. Enjoy these unusual appetizers as much as we do and more importantly – have fun!
This recipe makes 24 minis but I would recommend doubling the batch. They will go fast.
Mini Pizza Muffins with Broccoli
Pizza Muffins just sound like they would be perfect for any casual get together.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 2 tablespoons Pizza Sauce , for inside the mixture
- 1 Tablespoon Egg Replacer, prepared according to your package directions or 1 Tablespoon Organic Flaxseed Meal and 3 Tablespoons water
- 1 cup broccoli , cooked and chopped
- 1/2 cup dairy free mozzarella cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup Pizza Sauce , for dunking
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°
- Lightly oil Mini Muffin Tin - enough for 24 muffins.
- Steam the broccoli for 15 minutes (more detailed instructions are above the recipe)
- Mix the eggreplacer with the water and set aside.
- In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, and the spices. Mix well.
- Add the almond milk, egg replacer mixture and 2 tablespoons pizza sauce and stir well.
- Fold in the grated dairy free cheese and cooked broccoli.
- Fill the 24 muffin tins. They should be full.
- Bake at 375° for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
- Heat 1/2 cup pizza sauce in the microwave and serve with the muffins.
Recipe Notes
IF FREEZING:
Let cool to room temperature.
Package in manner of your choice as defined in my article How to Prepare Food for the Freezer
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:
Remove from the freezer and put in the refrigerator the day before serving.
When serving - zap in the microwave just to take the chill off and serve with warmed pizza sauce for dunking.
Deanna says
These look amazing!!! I love to have one for aback!!!
Erica Julson, MS, RDN, CLT says
Love that you snuck that broccoli in there 😉 Great upgrade!
Dahn says
wow what a delicious muffin recipe. Sounds like dinner in one bite .. but I would need a whole plate
Jagruti says
These muffins are incredibly tasty, so healthy and filling.
Amy @ The Cook Report says
Yum! I love anything pizza related 🙂
tina says
This is so creative! In a muffin pan, very convenient. A great recipe to try with kids, thank for sharing this recipe!
Ginny McMeans says
Fantastic Jane! Thanks so much for letting me know and you have made my day. Yellow peppers sound delicious too!
Jane says
I just made these, although I used yellow pepper instead of broccoli, and they are gorgeous!! And my non-vegan sister likes them too! Super easy. Definitely need to make 24, if not 36!!
Vicky & Ruth- May I Have That Recipe says
I’ve never heard of a pizza muffin before but they look absolutely delicious, love how they have broccoli in them!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Ginny McMeans says
Sorry Tessa. Don’t know what happened. Fixed it 🙂
Tessa says
The code on the recipe has gone a little crazy, and it isn’t very readable. Can you fix, because I would love to print this one out!
Eli says
OMG I love your ingenuous ways to freeze everything!. That is also what I am doing too, storage in bulk is a great way to spend one day in the kitchen and have the next day all for you! Will be making this muffins today they look soooo yummm. Much love!
Ginny McMeans says
I am so sorry! You must be frustrated. I have a few things that might be the problem. Did you bake them in the very small mini muffin tins? These are almost 1 bite muffins or two bites. Was the broccoli fresh not frozen where the liquid from frozen could get in the mix? If anything – I would cut down on the pizza sauce on the inside. I will make them again and see if I have any problem.
Ophee says
Hey! These look great! I tried making them for a New Years Party but for some reason they never seemed to properly bake or rise. They were mushy, didnt stick together, and looked very different from yours. I had some mix left over so I tried adding more baking powder and egg replacer and cooked them for twice as long and nothing changed. Im very confused! I have no idea what I did wrong. I had to throw them all away. The golden brown crust in the photo looks amazing! So frustrating, mystery problems.
Ginny McMeans says
No, you can leave out the cheese or substitute one that you like better. It just gives another layer of flavor.
Mkenzie says
Do you need the cheese?
Colynn says
Oh my goodness! YUM! 🙂
Ginny McMeans says
Ha! Thank you so much. My editor and I both missed that. It goes in at the same time as the milk and pizza sauce. I am correcting the instructions right now.
Sheila says
What do you do with the egg replacer? It’s not in the instructions.