Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Corniest Corn Muffins





Ingredients:

1 cup Plain flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
6 tbsp. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
pinch of nutmeg - grated
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup Buttermilk
3 tbsp. melted butter
3 tbsp. cornoil
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 cup corn kernels (add up to 1/3 more of you like)

Method:

(1) Prepare a 12 mould muffin pan.
(2) Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and grated nutmeg.
(3) In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, melted butter, cornoil, egg and yolk together until well blended.
(4) Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir with a spatula till just blended. Batter will be lumpy and that's just the way it should be.
(5) Stir in corn kernels.
(6) Spoon batter evenly among the muffin cups.
(7) Bake for 20 mins. or until cooked.
(8) Transfer the pan to a rack and cool for 5 mins. before carefully removing each muffin from its mould.

**Recipe adapted from the book "BAKING"

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty

I love corn muffins!!!... YUM YUM.. Pls pls share the recipe.. Thanks : )

shiyan said...

"Corniest Corn Muffins" --> I like this name. So "corny". But really can see a lot of corns in it. Good stuff!

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi shiyan,

Has cornmeal too.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yo,

New in baking. Can you advise what is buttermilk? Where can I buy it? Any replacements? Thanks for the advise.

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous,

Buttermilk is often used by bakers to give their muffins and cakes a tender crumb. You can buy it from Jasons, Cold Storage and Giant hypermart.

You can substitute with 2/3 cup yoghurt mix with 1 cup milk. This equals one cup. Mix them together and stand for 5 mins. then weigh as requirement in your recipe.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty

Thanks for the recipes ; )

Anonymous said...

hi aunty,
i noted missing of the temp..
may i know bake at?

thnks
elaine

Aunty Yochana said...

hi elaine,

bake at 190C.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty,

Can we use the same basic ingredients for all the muffins and just change the different flavours?

Will it still work?
Thank You!

_huda

Anonymous said...

hi aunty yochana! i would like to know if cornmeal is the same as corn flour? can i use corn flour instead? and is corn meal available in our local super markets? thanks!

-celine

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi celine

cornmeal is not cornstarch. You can get cornmeal easily from Jasons supermarket or Cold Storage.
they are yellowish and coarse in texture.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Dear Aunty Yochana

Is yellow cornmeal same as white cornmeal ? I juz bought the cornmeal but am not sure if this is the correct one. Is written : 100% stone ground whole grain White Cornmeal (Bob's Red Mill).

Regards.

Angela

Anonymous said...

Dear Aunty

As I will be baking corn muffins this saturday for my family members, would greatly appreciate if you could advise me if I could replace yellow cornmeal with white cornmeal and also, can i replace grated nutmag with ground nutmag ?

warmest regards.

Angela