Savory Corn Muffins

04/02/2017
Serves 14 giant muffins... 24-30 small (regular) muffins
Equipment
muffin tins... either giant or regular
Prep time
15m
Cook Time
25m

These hearty, cheesy, rich, delicious muffins are a treat for breakfast with a steaming hot latte in hand; they are a perfect compliment to a fresh, cold salad for lunch or dinner, and they are an all around easy, wholesome, filling, hearty, way to start or end your day.  Warning: this is a my-runaway-kitchen sized recipe.  Cut it in half if you want a normal amount of normal sized muffins!

Ingredients

  • 4 Cups
    all purpose flour
  • 3 Cups
    cornmeal
  • 2 Cups
    sugar
  • 6 Tablespoons
    baking powder
  • 1 Tablespoon
    salt
  • 6
    large eggs
  • 1/2 cup plus 4 Tablespoons
    vegetable oil
  • 2 Cups
    milk
  • 1 Cup
    grated gruyere
  • 2 Cups
    grated cheddar
  • 2
    bunches scallions (green onions), chopped
  • 1.5 Pound
    bacon, baked to a crisp and chopped
  • about 2 Teaspoons
    smoked paprika, to sprinkle on top
  • salt & pepper, to sprinkle on top

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, while you are grating your cheese and chopping your green onions. You may need to bake your bacon in that oven while it's pre-heating, if you don't have any already baked and chopped from a previous cooking adventure!

  2. Mix all of the dry ingredients together (flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt). In a separate bowl, mix wet ingredients together (egg, vegetable oil and milk) and whisk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

  3. Stir add-ins (cheese, onions and bacon) into your muffin mix.

  4. Scoop into greased muffin tins. Top with a sprinkle of kosher salt, freshly ground pepper and smoked paprika. Using smoked, instead of regular, paprika adds a big flavor component that moves this muffin from good to great. I highly recommend it.

    I use giant tins. You can use normal sized tins! And you can use cupcake papers if you prefer that to washing muffin pans.

  5. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, 15-20 if you are using smaller tins. Just keep an eye on them and remove them when their tops have puffed up and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let them cool before you try to remove from muffin pans. Serve with butter and enjoy!

Nutrition: A girl's gotta eat.

Reviews

  1. Bob

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    Capt john was on Elkhart lake in Indiana. Great times. He had a laser. I sailed the shit out of that boat. I spent a lot of time in the water.

    • Dorothea Lindquist

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      Thanks for the added details– mine are so foggy because I was so little! I had no idea that Captain John had a laser, or that you learned to sail out there! How awesome. I remember the tubing and water skiing, and the fireworks and the banging screen door. Thanks for sharing and I hope you had a great holiday! XO

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