Savory Chipotle Chile Muffins
Cookbook
Nightly Specials: 125 Recipes for Spontaneous, Creative Cooking at Home
Published by William Morrow

What in the world is a savory muffin? An “unsweetened” one that’s meant to be served with lunch or dinner rather than with breakfast or as a dessert. The English Yorkshire pudding, made by baking a flour batter in a muffin tin coated with hot beef drippings, paved the way for this type of muffin.
Notes
Nightly Specials
Add other savory ingredients, such as 1 tablespoon sesame seeds or 3 tablespoons chopped pecans, to the batter.
Serves6 to 8 as a side dish
Cooking Methodbaking
CostInexpensive
Total Timeunder 1 hour
OccasionBuffet, Casual Dinner Party, Family Get-together, game day
Recipe Courseside dish
Dietary Considerationhalal, kosher, peanut free, soy free, tree nut free, vegetarian
Mealdinner, lunch
Moodadventurous
Taste and Texturebuttery, hot & spicy, rich, savory, spiced
Type of Dishmuffins, quickbreads
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1½ cups milk
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted but not browned
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon plus 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chipotle in adobo sauce, blended to a paste (puree 1 whole chile, adding just enough can juices to make a paste)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
Instructions
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Preheat the oven 425° F.
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Beat the eggs, milk, and butter together in a bowl until smooth.
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Stir together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, the chipotle paste, and cumin in another bowl to combine well. Pour the egg-milk-butter mixture into this mixture, stirring to incorporate and avoid lumps.
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Pour the batter into the wells of a nonstick 15-muffin tin, filling each well three-quarters of the way up its side.
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Bake the muffins until they rise and are golden brown, about 35 minutes.
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Transfer the muffins to a linen napkin-lined basket and serve warm from the oven.
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cameocreation 4570 434
Mar 10, 2012
These were wonderful I used a large muffin tin and the recipe made 12. Then, I baked them in a small convection oven @425 and they were done in about 18 minutes. Thanks to the previous poster about shortening the baking time. Very moist and a definite keeper , we ate with a vegetable stew. Not to spicy, just right.
madelikethis 84462 94
Oct 11, 2010
Sorry I meant to say they were ready after 25 minutes....typo!
madelikethis 84462 94
Oct 11, 2010
These came out beautifully, but were ready after only 15 minutes (and I also turned my oven down, but haven't calibrated it). The crumb was lovely and well as the color and level of spice. Mine were slightly dry because I cooked them for too long. I would recommend these to accompany some sort of a meat stew, and if eaten alone for a variation might add some grated cheese like asiago or romano for extra zip!

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