Peerless Cornbread Muffins (Kristee Watts)

From: The Breakfast Book by Marion Cunningham

Yield (12 muffins)

Ingredients:

1 Egg, Room Temperature

½ Cup (1 Stick) Butter, Melted

¼ cup Vegetable Oil

1 Cup Milk, Warmed

1 Cup Cake Flour (Or Regular Flour)

2/3 Cup Yellow Cornmeal

1 Tblsp. Baking Powder

½ Tsp Salt

1 Tblsp Sugar

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Grease the muffin tins.

Beat or whisk the egg, melted butter, and oil in a mixing bowl until well blended. Stir in the warm milk. Combine the cake flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and sugar in another bowl and stir with a fork until well mixed. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and stir until well blended. This is a light, medium-thick batter.

Spoon the batter into the muffin tins so each cup is three-quarters full. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the edges of the muffins are slightly golden and a straw comes out clean when inserted into the center. Remove form tins and cool a little on racks, or simply service in a basket, hot from the oven.