Bacon and Scallion Corn Muffins

Name: Bacon and Scallion Corn Muffins
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 227 grams (about 8 slices) applewood-smoked bacon, cut into 1/3-inch pieces; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 315 milliliters buttermilk, at room temperature; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 170 grams 1/3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon hot sauce; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 5 larges scallions (green onions), chopped; 79 milliliters sugar; 2 sticks chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 198 grams 1/3 cups yellow cornmeal (about

Bacon and Scallion Corn Muffins might be just the bread you are searching for. This recipe makes 12 servings with 346 calories, 7g of protein, and 22g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up flour, baking powder, hot sauce, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.

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In a large nonstick skillet, cook the bacon, over medium heat until crisp and brown.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Transfer the bacon to paper towels; drain and cool.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, hot sauce and eggs.

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Buttermilk

Hot Sauce

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper in a food processor. Drop in the cold butter cubes. Using on/off turns, blend until the butter is cut in finely and the mixture resembles a coarse meal.

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Salt And Pepper

Baking Powder

Cornmeal

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Food Processor

Pour the dry ingredients over the buttermilk mixture. Scatter the bacon and green onions over the batter. Using a thin, flexible spatula, fold the batter together, scraping up the liquids from the bottom each time and turning the bowl as you fold. Do not over-fold; some dry patches are fine. Using a rounded 1/3 cup of batter for each muffin, fill the paper liners.

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Green Onions

Buttermilk

Bacon

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Spatula

Bowl

Bake until puffed and browning at edges, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.

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Let the muffins stand 5 to 10 minutes. Twist each muffin in place to loosen the edges from the pan. Lift the muffins out onto a rack and cool.

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Servings:

227grams

(about 8 slices) applewood-smoked bacon, cut into 1/3-inch pieces 1Tbsp

baking powder 0teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 315milliliters

buttermilk, at room temperature 2larges

eggs, at room temperature 170grams

1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1teaspoon

hot sauce 1teaspoons

fine salt 5larges

scallions (green onions), chopped 79milliliters

sugar 2sticks

chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 198grams

1/3 cups yellow cornmeal (about

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing 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. One wine you could try is Forge Cellars Classique Riesling. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 21 dollars.