Jeweled Pancake Muffins – Puffins

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)

Directions

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.