Bacon-Blue Cheese-Maple-Bourbon Corn Muffin
Savory bacon meets stimulating blue cheese and smoky-sweet maple bourbon in this delightfully delicious recipe for corn muffins. With such a distinctive and complementary mix of flavors, you’ll be hard-pressed to find more appetizing appetizers.
Ingredients:
- Cornmeal, ground - 1 Cup
- Flour, all purpose - 1 Cup
- Granulated sugar - .5 Cup
- Baking powder - 2.5 tsp.
- Salt, kosher - .25 tsp.
- Buttermilk - 1 Cup
- Smart Balance - 6 Tbl.
- Maple-Bourbon liquor - 4 Tbl.
- Egg, large - 1 each
- Bacon, cooked/ chopped - .5 Cup
- Blue cheese, crumbled - 4.25 oz.
Preparation:
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Pre-heat oven to 400F. degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.
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Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. In another bowl mix together buttermilk, Smart Balance, maple bourbon, and egg. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir until most of the flour is combined. Add crumbled bacon and blue cheese to the mixture and stir to combine.
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Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Allow the muffins to cool entirely before storing them in a closed container.
Serving Suggestions: This muffin can be used for breakfast, or can be used as an add-on with a BBQ lunch or dinner meal.
