Cheesy Cornbread Muffins are delicate, flavorful honey cornbread with a cheddar cheese addition! Fun, bite-sized mini cornbread muffin recipe perfect for accompanying lunch or dinner any time of the year!
This Mini Cheesy Cornbread Muffin recipe is sponsored by Krusteaz. All opinions are 100% mine.
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These delicious cornbread muffins are the perfect accompaniment for dinner. I love that they don’t take long to make and the moist and flavorful cornbread goes with just about any main dish. I use a Krusteaz Honey Cornbread mix because it makes dinner prep even faster and my whole family loves the taste of the cornbread. Pick up a box next time you’re in the store and all these mini muffins to your dinner plans!
How to make the best cornbread muffins:
I love a good cornbread, don’t you? Over years of baking I’ve collected some tips and tricks that help make my cornbread better than most. Here they are:
- Do not overmix! I repeat, do not overmix your cornbread batter. You do not need to use any type of electric mixer for cornbread. A spoon or rubber scraper works just fine. You just need to softly overturn the batter until you no longer see dry mix.
- Add some moisture. I love cornbread, but sometimes the dry, crumbly texture isn’t what I’m aiming for. My solution? I love adding corn kernels and grated cheese. These two ingredients add not only flavor, but they help the cornbread muffins have a lovely moist texture.
- Bake cornbread muffins just until browned. Just as you want to aim to not over mix the muffins, over baking is also something you want to avoid.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 24 minutes
Yields: 32 mini muffins
Cheesy Cornbread Muffin ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make our Mini Cornbread Muffins:
- 1 package Krusteaz Honey Cornbread & Muffin Mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
1 egg - 1 cup drained, canned corn
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 Cheddar or Colby Jack Cheese Sticks, cut into 5-6 pieces each
Directions for making Cornbread Muffin recipe:
- Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan.
- In large bowl, stir together all ingredients except cheese stick pieces until well blended.
- Scoop batter into pan using a 1 1/2 tablespoon (#40) cookie scoop. Place a piece of cheese stick into the center of each muffin.
- Bake 12-14 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool slightly before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
Note: For standard muffins instead of mini muffins, scoop 2 1/2 tablespoons (#24 scoop) batter into each muffin cup and bake 17-20 minutes.
Cheesy Cornbread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 package Krusteaz Honey Cornbread & Muffin Mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup drained canned corn
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 Cheddar or Colby Jack Cheese Sticks cut into 5-6 pieces each
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan.
- Scoop batter into pan using a 1 1/2 tablespoon (#40) cookie scoop. Place a piece of cheese stick into the center of each muffin.
- Place a piece of cheese stick into the center of each muffin.
- Bake 12-14 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool slightly before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
Notes
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Christine @ myblissfulmess says
These were very good! My 13 year old son devoured them. I really like the textures in these corn muffins. I made these as regular sized muffins and they were perfectly done at 17 minutes. This recipe gives you moist and delicious corn muffins. My new favorite!