Bacon-and-Cheddar Corn Muffins

Name: Bacon-and-Cheddar Corn Muffins
Prep time: 52 min
Cook time: 52 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon slices; 4 Tbsps butter, melted; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters self-rising white cornmeal mix; 1 large egg; 113 grams cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 1 Tbsp sugar

Bacon-and-Cheddar Corn Muffins requires roughly 52 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 731 calories, 23g of protein, and 40g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up bacon, butter, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat 12 to 14 minutes or until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Heat a 12-cup muffin pan in oven 5 minutes.

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Muffin Tray

Oven

Combine cornmeal mix and sugar in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

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Cornmeal Mix

Sugar

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Bowl

Stir together buttermilk and egg; add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in melted butter, cheese, and bacon.

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Buttermilk

Cornmeal

Butter

Cheese

Bacon

Egg

Remove pan from oven, and coat with cooking spray. Spoon batter into hot muffin pan, filling almost completely full.

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Cooking Spray

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Oven

Bake at 425 for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.

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Remove from pan to a wire rack, and let cool 10 minutes.

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Note: We tested with White Lily White Cornmeal

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White Cornmeal

Mix.

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Scrambled Egg Muffin Sliders: Prepare recipe as directed.

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Egg

Whisk together 8 large eggs, 1 Tbsp. water, and 1/2 tsp. Creole seasoning in a medium bowl. Melt 1 Tbsp. butter in a large nonstick skillet.

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Creole Seasoning

Butter

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Whisk

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Add egg mixture, and cook, without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes or until eggs begin to set on bottom. Gently draw cooked edges away from sides of pan to form large pieces. Cook, stirring occasionally, 4 to 5 minutes or until eggs are thickened and moist. (Do not overstir.)

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Egg

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Cut muffins in half, and spoon eggs over bottom halves. Cover with top halves of muffins.

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Egg

Ham-and-Swiss Corn Muffins: Substitute Swiss cheese for Cheddar cheese and 1 cup diced cooked ham for bacon. Reduce butter in batter to 3 Tbsp. Brown ham in remaining 1 Tbsp. melted butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 5 to 6 minutes. Proceed as directed, whisking in 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard with buttermilk and egg.

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Cheddar Cheese

Dijon Mustard

Corn Muffins

Swiss Cheese

Buttermilk

Ham

Butter

Bacon

Egg

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Whisk

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Southwestern Chile-Cheese Corn Muffins: Omit bacon. Substitute pepper Jack cheese for Cheddar cheese. Proceed as directed, stirring in 1 (5-oz.) can chopped green chiles, drained, with cheese and butter.

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Diced Green Chiles

Pepperjack Cheese

Cheese

Corn Muffins

Butter

Bacon

Chili Pepper

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Servings:

6slices

bacon slices 4Tbsps

butter, melted 355milliliters

buttermilk 473milliliters

self-rising white cornmeal mix 1large

egg 113grams

cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 1Tbsp

sugar

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Weingut Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese Number 5. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 69 dollars per bottle.