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Cornbread Muffins with Maple Butter

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Cornbread Muffins with Maple Butter

Cornbread Muffins with Maple Butter

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Equipment

  • - Stand mixer: A versatile tool essential for mixing ingredients thoroughly, ensuring a smooth batter suitable for cornbread or similar baked goods.

  • - Muffin tins (12-cup): Designed to evenly cook and shape muffins without overflowing, perfect for making cornbread muffins.

  • - Silicone spatula: Ideal for folding ingredients gently and scraping every bit of batter from bowls.

  • - Measuring cups (1 cup, ½ cup) & measuring spoons: Ensure accurate measurements in baking; crucial for achieving the desired consistency in cornbread mixture.

  • - Digital kitchen scale: Useful for precision in measurement, especially for adjusting dry ingredients like cornmeal or flour.

  • - Non-stick bakeware (8-inch round pan): Suitable for larger batches of cornbread and different baking shapes.

  • - Oven thermometer: Ensures optimal oven temperature for consistent baking results.

  • - Cooling rack: Essential for cooling down quickly and evenly after baking to prevent sogginess.

  • - Mixing bowls (2-3): Various sizes accommodate preparation stages before mixing, crucial for ingredient organization.

  • - Butter dish or dispenser: Needed for the liberal amount of butter typically used in cornbread recipes.

  • - Parchment paper sheets (10" x 12"): Useful for lining baking trays when using non-stick sprays for easy release after baking.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

  • 3 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup (preferably grade B)

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal

  • 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour

  • 1/4 cup sugar

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup buttermilk

  • 1 large egg

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Using electric mixer, beat butter in medium bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in maple syrup until well blended and smooth. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
2

Instruction 2

Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 12 regular (1/3-cup) muffin cups. Sift cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Whisk buttermilk and egg in another medium bowl; whisk in melted butter. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients; stir just until incorporated (do not overmix). Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 15 minutes (muffins will be pale). Cool on rack 10 minutes. Serve with maple butter.
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