Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tuesdays with Dorie: Savoury Corn & Pepper Muffins

Much as I loved last week's pick I was very happy with something simple and savoury this week!

I am not a huge fan of chilli, preferring warmth to heat in terms of spiciness so I did make a few changes to the recipe. I also jumped on the bandwagon and served these with Beef and Bean Chili. They were the perfect accompaniment.


The taste test ...

Fresh out of the oven when it was almost too hot to handle and smeared with butter ... yum! My one issue would be that I think there was too much baking powder. Or too much combined with the baking soda? Once they cooled down I could really taste it and the crumb was very hard despite not over-mixing.

I'm glad I left out the jalopenos and most of the chilli - I only used 1/2 ts of mexican chilli powder and that was perfect to give a hint of warmth which contrasted beautifully with the more spicy Chili.

Overall a thumbs up! Thanks to Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake for this week's pick.

18 comments:

  1. Your muffins look great and colorful.

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  2. I love all the colors in these muffins - so pretty! My minis didn't have a crustiness issue, so maybe you baked them a bit long? I bet they were great with chili though!

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  3. Glad you enjoyed these. I love the color.

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  4. These look great Susan. I liked them too, even if mine look a little odd (I didn't grasp the concept that you had to shape the dough before baking ie it wasn't a batter ;)).

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  5. Ugh...that melting butter! Fabulous.

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  6. yum! it all looks so good. I could eat some for breakfast right now!

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  7. I love the pepper flecks in your muffins. Beautiful!

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  8. These were just so good.

    Yours look wonderful.

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  9. Love the chili idea, I did the same thing ;)
    Yours look delicious and I have to agree, it was nice to have something simple this week. I couldn't believe how quick they came together!

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  10. Love the photo of the muffin and the chili!!! They look absolutely delicious!

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  11. We ate these with a beef and bean chili, too. Yum.

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  12. they look great, especially alongside that chili! :)

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  13. your muffins look lovely and moist - I found mine a bit crumbly

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  14. My husband thought there was too much baking soda too, but everyone else here liked them. Taste is a very strange sense.

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  15. Yours look delicious (and then with melting butter, YUM!)

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  16. it was nice to try a savory recipe of dorie's. yours look great.

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