Feather Light Corn Muffins

Courtesy Gale Gand, “Butter Sugar Flour Eggs” by Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto, Julia Moskin, Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1999

Show: Sweet DreamsEpisode: Sumptuous South

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

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Cook Time:
30 min
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Yield:
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Times:

Prep: 20 min
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Cook: 30 min
Total:: 50 min

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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/4 cup whole, 2 percent fat, or 1 percent fat milk
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
Crabapple jam
Molasses butter, recipe follows
Strawberry butter, recipe follows

Molasses Butter:

1 tablespoon molasses
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter at room temperature

Strawberry Butter:

3 large strawberries
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, or to taste

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 8 muffin cups or line them with paper liners.

In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients together. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and milk together. Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, then 1/3 of the melted butter, and stir gently just until incorporated. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and melted butter, being careful not to over-mix; there may be a little flour not mixed in at the end. Use an ice-cream scoop or large spoon to fill the muffin cups half full. Bake until risen, light golden brown, and firm to the touch, about 15 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes in the pan.

Molasses Butter: Cream the ingredients in a food processor or an electric mixer until fully combined. Strawberry Butter: Clean and hull the strawberries. Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and cream until fully combined.

To serve, spoon a dollop of jam, or spread the compound butters onto the top of the muffins.

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recipe Feather Light Corn Muffins
Linda Kay Tulsa, OK 05-13-2009
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Fantastic muffins
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These muffins are fabulous................tasty and moist. I made half a recipe and they came out perfect. As I like a... very sweet corn muffin I added a small amount of additional sugar to my taste.....worked out just fine. I have made these muffins several times and keep the recipe handy now as they are a regular addition to many of my meals. Thank you Gale Highly recommend!Read more
recipe Feather Light Corn Muffins
Jennifer Pikeville, KY 12-07-2008
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Really good with some tweaking
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Based on prior reviews and ingredients I had on hand, I decided to tweak this recipe, and the results were really good. I... doubled both the sugar and the salt, used half&half instead of milk (only had skim milk in the fridge), and added about 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese. This recipe made 10 muffins, filling the cups half way as in the recipe. I baked the muffins for about 20min, instead of 15. The muffins were light, as the recipe promised, but they were also very flavorful with just the right amount of sweetness. Also, they were very moist. I tried one straight out of the oven, just to make sure they'd be okay for my guests, and I didn't want to stop eating them! Next time I will double the recipe, so I'll have extras. Read more
recipe Feather Light Corn Muffins
Laura new york, NY 03-28-2008
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Mediocre taste - wouldn't recommend
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Now I understand why the recipe calls for those butters and jams to accompany the corn muffins. They are light, indeed. But... they also have no taste. Perhaps if you tweaked the recipe and added either more sugar or honey, they'd turn out better. I like to be able to eat my corn muffins alone, without butters, jams, gravy, etc. so these for me were the blandest in the world!Read more
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Anonymous 02-18-2008
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Featherlite corn muffins
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I liked them my son loved them...but they were a little light on taste. Next time I'll increase the cornmeal.
recipe Feather Light Corn Muffins
Anonymous 01-30-2008
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Quick and tasty
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I used whole grain cornmeal. Was pretty good and it made only 8 muffins, which is a nice size batch for us.
recipe Feather Light Corn Muffins
Kim gloucester, VA 08-19-2007
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Ok but I have had box mixes that are better
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

the title says it all