Spicy Cornbread Or Cornbread Muffins Recipes

SPICY CORNBREAD MINI-MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Whisk flour, 1 cup cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and garlic powder together in a bowl. Mix Cheddar cheese into dry ingredients until coated.
• Beat milk, eggs, vegetable oil, jalapeno peppers, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until well mixed. Make a well in the Cheddar cheese mixture and pour egg mixture into the well; stir just until combined. Batter should be slightly lumpy.
• Brush 18 mini muffin cups with melted butter; spoon about 1 teaspoon cornmeal into each mini muffin cup, tilt pan to coat muffin cups with cornmeal, and tap out the excess. Spoon batter into each muffin cup to about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 11 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes in the pans before removing to finish cooling.

CORNBREAD MUFFINS I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease or line 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, honey, eggs and salt. Mix in flour, cornmeal and baking powder; blend thoroughly. Stir in milk and corn. Pour or spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

SAVORY CORNBREAD MUFFINS WITH JALAPEñOS AND CORN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees with the rack positioned in the upper third. Oil or butter muffin tins.
• Place the cornmeal in a bowl, and sift in the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir in the sage. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, buttermilk, oil and honey. Whisk or stir the cornmeal mixture into the liquid mixture. Do not beat; a few lumps are fine, but make sure there is no flour at the bottom of the bowl. Fold in the corn kernels, minced jalapeño and optional cheese.
• Spoon into muffin cups, filling them to just below the top (about 4/5 full). Place in the oven, and bake 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned and well risen.

SPICY CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a bowl, mix together all of the ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix. Divide the batter evenly in a 12-portion nonstick muffin tin. (If using a tin that isn't nonstick, spray with cooking spray).
• Bake in the center of the oven until just golden and muffin springs back when gently pressed, about 20 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove and serve warm.

SPICY CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.
• In a medium saute pan, over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons butter. Once the butter has melted add the onions and the peppers and saute until soft, about 4 minutes. Season with salt, to taste. Stir in the corn and cook until heated through. Set aside to cool.
• Melt the remanding butter in a small pan over low heat and once melted, remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another large bowl, add the buttermilk and the eggs. Whisk lightly until combined. Using the well method, add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold together until combined. Add the sauteed vegetables with the melted butter and the shredded cheese and continue to fold. The batter will be very thick.
• Using a 1/2 cup measure, evenly scoop the batter into the muffin tin. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack before serving.

CLASSIC CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray muffin tin with nonstick spray or line with paper muffin cups.
• Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Stir well.
• Combine beaten egg, milk and melted butter (if using normal butter add less salt).
• Stir into the dry mixture and combine just until blended.
• Chopped jalapenos (from a tin) can also be added, as can chopped red pepper and/or tinned corn kernels.
• Scoop batter into prepared muffin pans.
• Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of muffins before baking if desired.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes .