Mini Greek Pizza Muffins

These are savory muffins that have the subtle greek pizza taste. You can taste tomatoes, onion, garlic, olives and feta cheese, all those things which go into a greek pizza. These can be served as appetizers with marinara sauce while entertaining or you can also have them for breakfast or tea. It is not my own recipe I happened to see it on www.delish.com and it sounded wonderful and I made them and they taste wonderful too.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2/3 cup finely chopped onion
• 2/3 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
• 1/3 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh oregano, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder or 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup low-fat milk
• 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1  large egg, well beaten
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp chopped kalamata olives

Directions:

• Heat olive oil in a deep pan. If you are using fresh garlic then add it at this stage along with onion and red bell pepper. Keep stirring and cook for around 5 minutes till the onions are tender. Remove from heat and let it cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degree F and spray a mini muffin pan with cooking oil 
• Whisk whole-wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, oregano, sugar, garlic powder (if using it in powdered form) and salt in a medium bowl.
• Stir milk, feta, egg, tomato paste and olives into the onion mixture. Make a well in the dry ingredients; add the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Fill the prepared muffin cups two-thirds full.
• Bake the muffins until lightly browned, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.