My daughter’s favorite recipe and a version of an old family recipe. If you enjoy dating, be warned—these are addicting! For optimal results, use fresh whole dates.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 muffins |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup pitted and chopped dates
- 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease or line 10 cups of a muffin tin.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add dates, separating the pieces as you drop them into the flour mixture. Mix to coat.
- Whisk buttermilk, egg, and butter together in a small bowl. Fold buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until just combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the largest muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 146 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 26 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 218 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I am always looking for a quick muffin recipe and love dates, so, thought I would give this a try. My husband and I were not fans of this recipe. The muffin was very dense and tasted like a slightly chewy biscuit. It didn’t have the lighter muffin texture I am used to and had very little sweetness to it. I don’t believe I will be making these again.