Jalapeño-Cheese Cornbread Muffins
I made these for my Thanksgiving party this year. After 3 test batches of dry, brick-like cornbread, I got the proportions right! They are extra delicious right out of the oven!
Ingredients (for 12 muffins):
- 1 c. yellow cornmeal
- 1 c. flour
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 c. buttermilk*
- 2 large eggs
- 6-8 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
- 1 c. grated cheese
- 1 handful chopped jalapeños (depending how hot you want your muffins)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 12 regular muffin cups. Stir together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk buttermilk and egg in another medium bowl; whisk in melted butter, then add grated cheese and jalapeños. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients; stir just until incorporated (do not overmix). Pour batter in muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Yum!
*I couldn't find buttermilk so I used this substitute, which worked great: Add one Tbsp of lemon juice to a cup of regular milk and set aside for 5 minutes.
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3 comments:
Those look wonderful!
What cornmeal did you use? Any further insight into the difference between 'American' yellow corn meal and polenta?
I am on a cornbread kick right now. I had a dinner the other night of root vegetable & turkey andouille sausage stew served with a monster-sized wedge of skillet cornbread. I ate my fill and then enjoyed a second wedge slathered with butter and drizzled all over with honey.
Yum!
I used regular old polenta flour, and it worked just fine! I think it's a little coarser than corn meal, but not a notable difference.
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