Tamale Cornbread Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups frozen corn
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1 egg
• 2 garlic cloves
• 10 -20 cilantro stems, fresh
• 1 hot pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• milk

Recipe

• 1 add oil to frying pan, on medium heat brown corn until fairly caramelized, will start to make popping sound when done. this browning adds a lot of the flavor.
• 2 add browned corn, garlic cloves, hot peppers (or hot sauce), cilantro, and salt to food processor and blend until all ingredients are mixed.
• 3 add above mix to a glass bowl, add egg, flour, corn meal, baking powder and mix well with spoon. if necessary add milk to thin. mixture should be able to hold its shape on a spoon but thin enough to pat down into muffin tin.
• 4 spray muffin tin with pam, spoon in mixture to fill each muffin to 90% full. put in 375°f oven for 20 minutes, or until tops start to brown slightly.