ham and cheddar cornbread muffins

I LOVE LOVE these muffins! They are good even when you leave out the ham and cheddar. I love the sweet and salty flavor of these muffins. I adapted the recipe from The Neely's.

1 C- yellow cornmeal
1 C- flour
1 tbsp- baking powder
1/2 C- sugar
1 tsp- salt
1 C- whole milk
2 large eggs
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/4 C- honey
1/2 lb- cubed ham
1 1/2 C- shredded sharp cheddar

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, & salt in a large bowl. 
• Add ham and cheese
• In another bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, butter and honey
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just mixed
• Lightly spray muffin tin and divide batter evenly
• Bake 20 minutes or until golden

Enjoy. It makes 12 muffins. They are good for breakfast or lunch or whenever!

these are some awesome muffins!

I was searching for really yummy muffin recipes and I found a recipe that was really good. But in typical Heather fashion, I changed it up and they are better than the original! 

Blueberry (or strawberry) muffins    makes 18

3 cups flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp salt

4 tsp baking powder

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup almond milk (can use regular)

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp almond extract (maybe a splash more if you're feeling frisky)

2 cups fresh blueberries (or chopped fresh strawberries)

• preheat oven to 400 degrees
• line muffin cups with liners
• combine dry ingredients and whisk to mix together
• combine milk, oil and almond extract together, add beaten eggs
• mix together until almost mixed
• fold in berries
• fill muffin cups almost to the top and then put 1 heaping tsp of topping on top
• bake for 20 minutes or until done (be careful not to over bake, muffins will burn) 

crumble top (makes tons... enough for many batches)

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup cubed, cold butter

• smash butter with a fork into the dry ingredients until crumbly.

I have tried using frozen berries. It takes longer to bake. If you thaw them out, it turns the batter blue (or red if using strawberries) so I don't recommend that.