Bacon Corn Muffins With Orange Butter Recipes

BACON-PEANUT BUTTER CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Grease six 6-oz. ramekins or jumbo muffin cups with 2 tablespoons butter. For topping, in a small bowl combine 2 tablespoons butter, peanuts, 3 tablespoons bacon and brown sugar; set aside., In a large bowl, beat muffin mix, buttermilk and eggs. Microwave peanut butter and remaining 2 tablespoons butter until melted; stir into batter. Fold in peanut butter chips and remaining 2/3 cup bacon. Pour into prepared ramekins; sprinkle with topping., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from ramekins to a wire rack. Serve warm. If desired, drizzle with caramel ice cream topping.

BACON CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
• Whisk together milk, egg, and butter in a small bowl. Whisk together remaining ingredients in a large bowl, then add milk mixture to dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
• Divide among 12 greased (1/2-cup) muffin cups. Bake until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 5 to 10 minutes.

BACON CORN MUFFINS WITH SAVORY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place bacon onto a baking sheet and bake until crisp about 12 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and place onto a plate lined with a paper towel. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, chop into small pieces.
• Spray a 24-count mini muffin tray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine flour, cornmeal, salt, baking powder, and brown sugar. In a separate bowl whisk the milk and egg. Whisk the milk mixture, melted butter and bacon fat into the dry ingredients. Add 3/4 of the chopped cooked bacon, reserve remaining 1/4 for a garnish.
• Fill each muffin cup with 1 tablespoon of the batter so the cups are filled about 3/4 of the way up. Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the muffins comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before icing.
• While muffins are cooling, in a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, honey and hot sauce with a hand mixer until soft and combined. Add 3/4 of the sliced chives, reserve remaining 1/4 for a garnish. Mix until well combined.
• Transfer mixture to a pastry bag and snip off the end.
• Once the muffins have cooled, pipe a small amount of the cream cheese mixture on top of each one. Garnish with remaining crumbled bacon and remaining chopped chives.

BACON & CORN POLENTA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preeheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan-forced. Line two 12-hole (1 tablespoon/20ml) mini muffin tins with paper cases. Combine polenta and milk in a bowl. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, lightly spray a small non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium-high heat. Cook bacon, stirring, for 2 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Remove pan from heat. Cool for 5 minutes.
• Sift flour into a large bowl. Add corn kernels, creamed corn, cheese and bacon mixture and stir until combined. Add spread, egg and polenta mixture and mix until just combined.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each paper case. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool muffins in tins for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. Serve warm or cold.

ENGLISH MUFFINS WITH BACON BUTTER

Steps:

• In a bowl combine butter and mustard; stir in bacon.
• Toast english muffins; spread with bacon butter.
• Refrigerate any leftover butter.