Bacon & Scallion Corn Muffins
These hearty muffins are the perfect thing to whip up on the weekend for a grab-n-go savory breakfast for the week.




Bacon & Scallion Corn Muffins
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 8 ounces about 8 slices applewood-smoked bacon, cut into 1/3-inch pieces
- 1 1/3 cups buttermilk at room temperature
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cups yellow cornmeal about 7 ounces
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 6 to 6 1/2 ounces
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 sticks chilled unsalted butter cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 5 large scallions green onions, chopped
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a large nonstick skillet, cook the bacon, over medium heat until crisp and brown. Transfer the bacon to paper towels; drain and cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, hot sauce and eggs. Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper in a food processor. Drop in the cold butter cubes. Using on/off turns, blend until the butter is cut in finely and the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Pour the dry ingredients over the buttermilk mixture. Scatter the bacon and green onions over the batter. Using a thin, flexible spatula, fold the batter together, scraping up the liquids from the bottom each time and turning the bowl as you fold. Do not over-fold; some dry patches are fine. Using a rounded 1/3 cup of batter for each muffin, fill the paper liners.
- Bake until puffed and browning at edges, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let the muffins stand 5 to 10 minutes. Twist each muffin in place to loosen the edges from the pan. Lift the muffins out onto a rack and cool.
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Photo Credit: Elizabeth Newman