Jeweled Pancake Muffins - Puffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup bread flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons maple syrup (optional)
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces (such as Reese's Pieces(R))

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 24 mini-muffin cups.
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
Stir buttermilk, egg, syrup, and butter together in a separate large bowl until just combined; add flour mixture and stir with a spoon until just combined and no lumps remain. Fold peanut butter pieces into the mixture; spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 3 minutes before serving.