I whipped up a batch of cornbread muffins this weekend in 10 minutes!

I don't bake a lot but I was inspired after <a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/10/08/cupcakes-in-sofia/" target="_blank">a trip to Take A Cake</a> where I had a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting. What flavor is pink frosting you ask? Today it was vanilla.  Here's the thing, I love muffins and cupcakes but I don't love the effort, worry and vigilance required to make them at home which is why I like Take a Cake so much. Oh and they make really amazing flavors like pear and caramel.
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So why make cornbread muffins?

Well I had all of the ingredients I needed on hand, they seem slightly healthier than vanilla cupcakes and they aren't very fussy. In other words, these are muffins that anyone can make.  Really if you can read a recipe you can make these cornbread muffins.
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I am happy to report at my muffins turned out great, were easy to make and went great with the spicy white bean and tomato soup I made.<!--more-->

Here's what I did, I took <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/down-home-with-the-neelys/honey-cornbread-muffins-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">this recipe from the Food Network</a> and made it my own. Basically, it's 10 minutes of prep and mixing and 15 minutes of baking. Not bad if you ask me.
<ul>
	<li>1 cup of cornmeal</li>
	<li>1/2 cup of white flour and 1/2 cup of chickpea flour (but all white would be great too)</li>
	<li>1/2 cup of brown sugar (but white would be fine)</li>
	<li>1 tsp of baking powder</li>
	<li>1 tsp of salt</li>
	<li>1 cup of yogurt</li>
	<li>2 eggs</li>
	<li>1/4 cup of olive oil (although vegetable oil/sunflower seed oil would give it a milder flavor)</li>
</ul>
Basically you need to make sure that you're putting the muffins into a hot oven so you've got to preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. I did 220 C

When it comes to making the muffins you combine the dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt) with the wet ingredients (yogurt, eggs, and oil). The most important part is to stir until just mixed. You really don't want to over stir.

The rest is easy--divide the cornbread mixture into the greased muffin tin. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden and you too can have 12 corn muffins.

Yum, yum!!

Want to catch up on past In 10 posts? Well here you go:
<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2012/03/04/in-10-martenitsi/ ‎" target="_blank">Martenitsi</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2012/02/26/in-10-carrefour/" target="_blank">Carrefour</a></li>
	<li><a href="../2012/02/19/in-10-bulgarian-homemade/" target="_blank">Bulgarian Homemade</a></li>
</ul>