“Cheesy and packed with great za’atar flavor, these pull-apart muffins are easy to make, says Jenan Zammar, the award-winning content creator and blogger who is based in Canada. “If you’re looking for a quick after school snack, these muffins are for you. They come together in about 5 minutes since the recipe uses premade refrigerated biscuit dough and trust me, the kids will love them. They’re fun to eat and great to feed a crowd. These muffins are similar to monkey bread only they’re savory, not sweet, and instead of being baked in a Bundt pan, I cook them in a muffin tin to create individual snacks and portions. It’s refrigerated biscuit dough that is cut up into quarters and then coated with za’atar, oil, and mozzarella cheese,” she adds.
“Za’atar is an herb or family of herbs. It is also the name of a spice mixture that includes the herb along with toasted sesame seeds, dried sumac, often salt, as well as other spices. Even though it varies greatly depending on where you are from in the Middle East (specific recipes are sometimes closely-guarded secrets), za’atar is generally a combination of dried oregano, thyme, and/or marjoram (woodsy and floral), with sumac (tangy and acidic) and toasted sesame seeds (nutty and rich).”
“Earthy, herby, and toasty, za’atar makes plain stuff (boiled eggs, garlicky yogurt, canned chickpeas) taste exciting and exciting stuff (roast chicken, green sauce, homemade hummus) taste special. Za’atar encompasses such a wide range of flavors that it can be the bright note that both brightens and anchors sliced tomatoes, the unifying force in a salad of refreshing smashed cucumbers and salty, fatty feta, and the replacement for lemon and herbs on a roast chicken. Consider adding it when you’re looking for a spice mix that’s savory and tangy, all in one. In the Middle East, za’atar is often eaten with oil-dipped bread or labneh, or spread onto flatbread dough before it’s baked into man’oushe,” writes Bon Appetit.
What you will need for this recipe:
* Refrigerated biscuit dough – the kind in a can
* Za’atar
