Honey-thyme Cornbread Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f
• 2 prepare traditional muffin tins by coating lightly with a cooking spray, or set a silicone muffin tin aside.
• 3 in a medium bowl, whisk eggs; combine with the wet ingredients of sour cream, butter and milk. stir to incorporate.
• 4 in a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients of flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, thyme and sugar; stir to incorporate and make a well in the center of the mixture.
• 5 pour wet ingredients into the well of the dry ingredients and gently fold to mix; stir until just blended.
• 6 spoon batter into muffin tins about 2/3 of the way full. bake for about 25 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned.
• 7 check the doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center of one of the muffins; it should come out clean.
• 8 just before the muffins are done, add a small amount of honey in a saucepan and heat.
• 9 lightly brush the tops of each muffin right out of the oven and still hot, with a little of the honey; the heated muffins will absorb some of the honey.