Cornbread Muffins

What do you do when you have A LOT of cornmeal?

Make corn muffins!

I'm pretty sure this is the recipe I used with a couple changeups.  Stay tuned for more cornbread recipes...

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup skim milk
2 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
1/4 cup date honey

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F/200 C.
Into a large bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the whole milk, eggs, butter, and honey. Add the wet to the dry ingredients and stir until just mixed.
Place muffin paper liners in a 12-cup muffin tin. Evenly divide the cornbread mixture into the papers. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden.

Corn Muffins

Cooking is definitely a skill that can be learned and I am definitely still learning. My latest lesson involves corn muffins. Here they look deceptively delicious. Yes, they did have a lot of potential and yes, I would still highly recommend this recipe. But I have a lesson to share. When a recipe calls for a specific ingredient, make sure you know what you're doing when you swap it out for something else! (i.e. don't use a non-creamed plus a less sugar version of a can of corn) My mistake probably would have been completely OK had I just upped the sugar content in the muffins. There's always next time....

Here is the recipe:

• 1 (14.75 ounce) can creamed corn
• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup soy milk + 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Mix your dry ingredients in one bowl and your wet ingredients (including sugar) in another. Then add the two together and mix until combined. (You may need to add a little more flour to thicken the mixture). Spoon into muffin tin/s and bake at 450F/230C for about 15-25 minutes until golden (you will also start to see cracking on the surface). Make sure to check, using a toothpick, that the insides have baked.

Serve with honey or hot sauce, take your pick!