{"id":29,"date":"2007-09-25T00:54:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T04:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/25\/mini-corn-muffins\/"},"modified":"2007-09-29T20:50:29","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T00:50:29","slug":"mini-corn-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/25\/mini-corn-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Corn Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These corn muffins represent the first recipe ever I tried from the good folks at The Post Punk Kitchen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theppk.com\/recipes\/dbrecipes\/index.php?RecipeID=68\" target=\"_blank\">Isa&#8217;s recipe<\/a> is fabulous, though too sweet for my tastes so I cut down the sugar and make other minor mods like adding whole kernel corn.  I like the added texture of the corn and also use it as a garnish.  These are always a big hit at potluck events, so for a hot foods party, I made a spicy version with the addition of chipotle chilis in adobo sauce.  Then I made a batch of each for a tasting party.  The chipotle provides a nice smoky hotness that doesn&#8217;t sting, but really builds with each bite.  Mini-muffins, which are wonderful in any context, are especially nice for a potluck when a full-sized muffin might be more than one person wants to eat.  But everyone can eat a mini!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/mini-corn-muffins.jpg\" title=\"Mini Corn Muffins\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/mini-corn-muffins.jpg\" title=\"Mini Corn Muffins\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/mini-corn-muffins.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Corn Muffins\" height=\"362\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mini Corn Muffins<\/strong> (Sunny or Spicy)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recipe\">Ingredients<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1 cup flour<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1 cup cornmeal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1 Tbsp baking powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1\/2 tsp salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1\/3 cup sugar (if you like your muffins very sweet, use more) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1\/2 cup safflower or canola oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 3\/4 cup soymilk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 2 Tbsp soy yogurt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1 tsp vanilla<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\"> 1\/4 tsp finely grated lemon zest (I&#8217;ve subbed ~1 tsp lemon juice in a pinch) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\">(Optional) 1-2 chipotle chilis with 1-2 tsp adobo sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"recipe\">(Optional) 1 cup frozen (or fresh) corn <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"recipe\">Preheat oven to 400.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and sugar) into a large bowl.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients, except lemon.  (If using chilis, first put them in a mini food processor or chopper with the soymilk or chop finely by hand and then mix in.)<\/p>\n<p>Fold the wet ingredients into the dry, add the lemon and distribute well.  Gently fold in the corn.<\/p>\n<p>Oil muffin pans (sprays work great for this) and fill each 2\/3 full.  If you like things pretty, top each muffin with a single kernel of corn or a light dusting of large-crystal sugar.  Bake for 15-20 minutes for min-muffins or 20-25 minute for regular-sized, until a toothpick comes out clean or the tops are beautifully golden, or you simply run out of patience.<\/p>\n<p>These are great warm with a shmear of Earth Balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These corn muffins represent the first recipe ever I tried from the good folks at The Post Punk Kitchen. Isa&#8217;s recipe is fabulous, though too sweet for my tastes so I cut down the sugar and make other minor mods like adding whole kernel corn. I like the added texture of the corn and also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/25\/mini-corn-muffins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mini Corn Muffins&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,28,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}