This weekend, I went to the Artmospheric music and art festival, where I would have had a great time save the fact that there was inescapably loud pounding electronic music playing for 20 out of every 24 hours. I was so happy to be out in the middle of nowhere, on a stunning mountain in my favorite region of Bulgaria, but I am flabbergasted at the amount of sleep I did not get. I returned home last night, had a cup of tea, and slept for 10 hours. I’m still a bit hazy, so I’m just going to give you this muffin recipe and say that I don’t know how I ever lived a satisfactory life before I made these last week. Seriously.
Matcha Muffins with White Chocolate and Rose Petals
makes 12
2 cups flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoons matcha green tea powder
1 cup yogurt
1/4 cup oil
1 egg
petals of 10 dried rosebuds
3/4 cup white chocolate chunks
Preheat to 350F and butter a 12-cup muffin tin. In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and matcha powder. In a small bowl combine yogurt, oil, egg, and rosebuds. Let this sit for about 10 minutes to let the rose petals soften a bit, then pour wet into dry and mix until just barely combined. Fold in white chocolate and divide mixture evenly between muffin tin cups. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, being very careful not to overbake. Eat.
Oh, how interesting! Those look delicious, and so unusual.
I am intrigued by the use of rose petal in the muffins! Bet they smell heavenly when baking.
Wow, rose petals in the muffins! This is so unique. We use rose petals in our cuisine for jams and teas but never thought of adding it to a baked good:) great idea!
Wow, these look really amazing. Where does one find food grade dried rose petals? Would rose water work?
20 hours of techno =) — if you’re chest ain’t rattlin’, it ain’t happenin’!
Elle – Thanks!
Mandy – oh man, do they ever.
Farida – I’m beginning to think that Azeri cooking is very similar to Bulgarian, only with more spices. Which is great, because it means I can make all of your recipes with ingredients from just ’round the corner!
Julia – try Turkish food mail-order sources, or you could put in a few spoonfuls of rose-petal jam as well, if you can find that at your local Middle Eastern or east European grocery. Rosewater would probably work, as well – I’d say start with a teaspoon and go from there.
Trajan – this techno wasn’t frenetic enough for you, friend. Just loud enough to keep one from sleeping.
where are you finding white chocolate in bulgaria?
These looked so good I had to try them! Because I love Matcha, I went with 3 Tbsp. The only yogurt I had was thick greek style. So I also added about a cup of milk to make it more of a muffin-batter consistency. I used cupcake papers to line my tin, and filled them quite full, so they took about 25 minutes to bake.
But oh my! Sooooo good!
Thank you for my new favorite muffin recipe?
Made a batch yesterday, with rose water instead of dried rose buds. Delicious! I used ~1.5tsp of rose water. The taste was quite subtle but still there.
Thank you for the wonderful recipe!