| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 10 to 12 servings (makes 24 mini muffins) |
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray, for the muffin tin
- 4 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon light agave syrup
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- For the muffins: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add the bacon to a medium skillet over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is crispy, about 5 minutes. Pour the bacon and fat into a bowl and let cool slightly.
- Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the buttermilk, oil and egg to the bowl with the bacon and whisk together. Stir the milk mixture into the dry mixture and pour the combined batter into the prepared mini muffin tin, filling just to the top of the cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes.
- For the orange butter: While the muffins are cooking, combine the butter, agave and zest in a medium bowl with a pinch of salt and stir until completely combined.
- Serve the muffins with fresh orange butter.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 229 |
| Total Fat | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 19 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 5 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Sodium | 163 mg |
Reviews
I just made these and they are good as a snack or any meal. I only needed to cook mine for 10 minutes.
I couldn’t stop “tasting” them! So good. I do think next time I will add some grated cheese and red pepper flakes. I will make them for our game day.
I followed the recipe and my muffins turned out horrible. There is something missing. They were not sweet and very bland. Sorry Trish
I love this recipe!
Made these for brunch to go with shrimp and grits. These were perfect! A keeper recipe for sure. Thank you for sharing.
These are delic Please do not rate unless you try. For the salt I used Jalapeño salt gave it kick
Very easy and quick. I didn’t have agave syrup so I substituted ginger syrup and the butter came out great. Will definitely make these again.
This sounds so good. Gonna try it this weekend.