Sausage and Sweet Corn Muffins

Sweet, mild sausage, red bell peppers, corn kernels, and Cheddar cheese make delicious savory breakfast muffins. To delight and amaze your friends, tuck a shelled soft-cooked egg inside each one before baking!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 34 mins
• Total Time: 49 mins
• Calories: 223 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• ½ cup chopped green onions
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• ½ cup diced red bell pepper
• 12 ounces lean breakfast sausage
• 1 cup corn meal
• 1 cup fresh sweet corn kernels
• ½ cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese, plus more for sprinkling on muffins

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F ( 190 degrees C). Place paper liners in 12 muffin tin cups.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Remove casings from sausages (if not packaged in bulk) and place in skillet. Break the sausage into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Cook until the sausage is crumbly and thoroughly cooked, about 7 minutes. Add bell pepper; cook for about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat. Push sausage mixture to one side of the pan and blot up some of the rendered fat with wadded paper towels leaving about 1 tablespoon. Let mixture cool.

Step 3

Place flour, corn meal, baking soda, and cayenne pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk until combined.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk together. Add egg/buttermilk mixture slowly to flour/cornmeal mixture. Add fresh corn kernels, green onions, Cheddar cheese, and reserved sausage mixture. Stir in melted butter; mix just until flour is mixed in.

Step 5

Divide batter among cups in prepared muffin pan. Top with a few shreds of Cheddar cheese.

Step 6

Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool to warm before serving.