Bacon Corn Muffins with Savory Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Bacon Corn Muffins with Savory Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 42 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 8 strips bacon; 1 Tbsp reserved bacon fat; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 1 bunch chives, sliced; 118 milliliters cornmeal; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 1 egg; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps honey; 1 Tbsp hot sauce; 177 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt

The recipe Bacon Corn Muffins with Savory Cream Cheese Frosting could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 42 minutes. This bread has 125 calories, 3g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. If you have hot sauce, brown sugar, baking powder, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Users who liked this recipe also liked Savory Onion-Bacon Cheese Muffins, Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting, and Beer Cheese Cupcakes with Bacon Cheddar Cream Cheese Frosting: The Ultimate Super Bowl Cupcake.

Instructions

Special equipment: 2 (24-count) nonstick mini muffin tins, Pastry Bag

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Mini Muffin Tray

Pastry Bag

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Place bacon onto a baking sheet and bake until crisp about 12 minutes.

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Bacon

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove from baking sheet and place onto a plate lined with a paper towel. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, chop into small pieces.

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Bacon

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Baking Sheet

Paper Towels

Spray a 24-count mini muffin tray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

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Cooking Spray

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Mini Muffin Tray

In a large bowl combine flour, cornmeal, salt, baking powder, and brown sugar. In a separate bowl whisk the milk and egg.

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Baking Powder

Brown Sugar

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk the milk mixture, melted butter and bacon fat into the dry ingredients.

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Bacon Drippings

Butter

Milk

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Whisk

Add 3/4 of the chopped cooked bacon, reserve remaining 1/4 for a garnish.

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Cooked Bacon

Fill each muffin cup with 1 tablespoon of the batter so the cups are filled about 3/4 of the way up.

Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the muffins comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before icing.

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Icing

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Oven

While muffins are cooling, in a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, honey and hot sauce with a hand mixer until soft and combined.

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Cream Cheese

Hot Sauce

Honey

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add 3/4 of the sliced chives, reserve remaining 1/4 for a garnish.

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Chives

Mix until well combined.

Transfer mixture to a pastry bag and snip off the end.

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Pastry Bag

Once the muffins have cooled, pipe a small amount of the cream cheese mixture on top of each one.

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Cream Cheese

Garnish with remaining crumbled bacon and remaining chopped chives.

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Real Bacon Pieces

Chives

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Servings:

8strips

bacon 1Tbsp

reserved bacon fat 2teaspoons

baking powder 2Tbsps

brown sugar 3Tbsps

butter, melted 1bunch

chives, sliced 118milliliters

cornmeal 227grams

cream cheese, softened 1

egg 177milliliters

all-purpose flour 2Tbsps

honey 1Tbsp

hot sauce 177milliliters

milk 1teaspoons

salt

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Corn Muffins. 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 Dr. Thanisch Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.

Dr. Thanisch Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling

Graach is an excellent wine growing village in the heart of the Middle Mosel. The steep slopes of the Graacher Himmelreich vineyard are facing South-West. They are exclusively planted with Riesling.The nose displays a sweet floral quality of plummeria, fresh peach with a touch of petrol character which is common in German wines. Often the more age a German wine has, the stronger the petrol character. There is nothing wrong with wines with this aroma. This 2003 vintage, only shows a slight – medium petrol aroma. Brimful with character, the Himmelreich Spätlese palate is a wonderful mix of peach, honey and mango. The medium weight interplays enticingly with the finely bound acidity.