Out of the Box FoodSM Corn Muffin “Sandwiches”
If your kids like corn muffins then give these a try. They are packed full of wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour and corn meal, and protein packed eggs, cheese and ham.
Special Equipment: muffin tin, non-stick cooking spray or paper muffin cups
Ingredients:
- 1 C cornmeal
- 1 C whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C milk
- 2 eggs
- 3 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1-2 C grated cheese (we used cheddar for this recipe)
- 1-2 C cubed “uncured” ham (without nitrites or nitrates)
- 1/2 – 1 C frozen corn kernels (thawed and drained) if desired
Directions:
- Place muffin tin in oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix corn meal, flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
- In separate bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, honey and melted butter.
- Whisk grated cheese into milk mixture.
- Add milk mixture into dry mixture and stir with spoon until incorporated.
- Stir in ham and corn if using.
- Remove hot muffin tin from oven and coat with cooking spray (if using), or place paper cups in pan.
- Divide batter evenly amongst muffin cups.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
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Has anyone tried freezing these?
Just made these; can’t wait for my twins to try them at lunch next week. Thanks for your awesome recipes!
Let me know how they like them! Thanks so much for the feedback.
This might be a dumb question, but is whole wheat pastry flour the same thing as whole wheat flour?
That is a really good question, actually. Whole wheat pastry flour is not the same as whole wheat flour. While it has the same amount of fiber as regular whole wheat flour, whole wheat Pastry flour is much lighter with less gluten producing proteins. When using whole wheat pastry flour to bake, it yields a much lighter baked good…regular whole wheat flour would produce a very dense, chewy product. You can find a bit more information about whole wheat pastry flour and some of the other ingredients I use a lot on our Pantry Staples Page: http://outoftheboxfood.com/perfect-pantry-staples/
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