My Bacon Sour Cream Corn Muffins Recipes

SOUR CREAM CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425-degrees. Place a heavy 12-cup muffin tin in the oven.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl combine, flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the egg, 1/4 cup of the bacon fat, buttermilk and sour cream. Beat until smooth.
• 3. Remove muffin tin from oven, spray the sides and bottoms of with vegetable cooking spray, and add the 1/2 teaspoon bacon fat to each cup. Sprinkle some cornmeal, about 1/4 teaspoon, into each cup.
• 4. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into to each cup and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and the muffins are pulling away from the sides of the tin.
• 5. VARIATION: You may use a cast iron skillet, bake 18-20 minutes.

BACON AND ONION CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet cook the bacon over moderate heat until it is crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and crumble it. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet and in the fat remaining in the skillet cook the onion over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Into a bowl sift together the cornmeal, the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt. In another bowl whisk together the eggs, the butter, the sour cream, and the milk, stir in the bacon, the onion, and the cornmeal mixture, and beat the batter well. Divide the batter among 12 well-buttered 1/3-cup muffin tins and bake the muffins in the middle of a preheated 425°F. oven for 20 minutes, or until they are golden. Turn the muffins out onto a rack and let them cool.

SOUR CREAM CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375°F To prepare the muffin pans, spray the holes and the rims around them with the nonstick spray or fill the holes with the paper muffin cups, if using them. If using the silicone muffin pans, spray them as directed and set on a baking pan.
• Whisk the cornmeal,flour,sugar,baking soda,baking powder and salt in a medium bowl until well mixed. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten, then whisk in the buttermilk, sour cream, and melted butter until smooth. Stir in the cornmeal mixture with a wooden spoon until incorporated.
• Fill in the prepared tins three quarters full. Use additional greased tins or oven safe ramekins for any leftover batter, or reserve the batter for a second batch. Bake for 22 minutes or until the muffins have a bumpy, rounded top, and a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.
• Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Gently rock each muffin back and forth to release it. Remove them from the pan and cool for 5 minutes more on the racks. If storing or freezing, cool completely, and then store in airtight containers or freezer proof bags. These muffins will stay fresh up to 24 hours at room temperature, and up to 1 month in the freezer.