Chive Corn Muffins Food

SAVORY CHEESE MUFFINS WITH BACON AND CHIVES

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp.
• Cool and crumble.
• Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Prepare muffin tin by spraying with vegetable oil spray.
• Melt butter over medium heat in a small skillet.
• Remove from heat and add chives.
• Cool to room temperature.
• In a medium bowl combine eggs and milk using a whisk.
• Add butter/chive mixture, cheese and crumbled bacon.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Stir to mix.
• Add to egg mixture, stirring only until blended thorougly.
• Spoon mixture into prepared muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full.
• (An ice cream scooper is a great tool for this purpose.) Bake 20- 25 minutes, or until muffin tops just begin to brown.
• Remove from oven and remove muffins from tin.
• Cool them on a wire rack.

CHEESE-AND-CHIVE CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Whisk the flour, cornmeal, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and beat until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Add the cheese, scallions and chives and beat until just combined.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish; smooth the surface. Bake until golden brown around the edges and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CHEDDAR CHIVE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring milk to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in potato flakes. Let stand for 2 minutes. Stir until smooth; cool slightly. , Transfer to a large bowl. Beat in the egg, oil and cheese. Combine the flour, sugar, chives, parsley, baking powder and salt; stir into potato mixture just until moistened (batter will be thick). , Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

MUSHROOM CORN MUFFINS WITH CHIVE BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a small skillet, heat 2 tablespoons melted butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender., In a large bowl, whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk, thyme and remaining melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in mushrooms., Fill greased or foil-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix softened butter and chives until blended. Serve with warm muffins.

CHIVE-CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 425°F. Spray 10 standard muffin cups (each about 1/3-cup capacity) or 30 mini-muffin cups with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and cayenne pepper in medium bowl. Stir in chives. In another medium bowl whisk yogurt, eggs, and melted butter. Add yogurt mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until blended. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups, using about 1/3 cup batter for each standard muffin cup or about 1 generous tablespoon for each mini-muffin cup.
• Bake until muffins are puffed and golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes for standard muffins and 14 minutes for mini-muffins. Transfer pans to rack and let muffins cool in pans. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Leave muffins in pans; let stand at room temperature. Rewarm in 350°F oven just until warm, about 5 minutes.) Remove from pans and serve.

CULINARY QUEST CHIVE-CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray 12 muffin-pan cups (about 2-1/4 inch size) with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Combine milk, egg, chives, and butter in a bowl; pour all at once into the cornmeal mixture, stirring with a fork only until blended.
• Spoon about 2 T. of the batter into each muffin cup; bake until lightly golden - about 20 minutes. Serve warm.