Cornbread Jalapeño Muffins with Honey Lime Glaze

These appetizers will bring an unforgettable sweet and spicy punch to your next brunch or dinner. Here’s the scoop on Cornbread Jalapeño Muffins with Honey Lime Glaze!

What Makes These Muffins Great

These cornbread muffins have a jalapeno kick that makes them hard to forget.

Buttermilk cornbread mixtures have grated cheddar cheese, jalepeños, and a sweet glaze turned into a sweet-and-savory appetizer or snack.

In my house, we love these savory jalapeño cornbread muffins for every meal.

It is something we eat with savory lunches and dinners or eat for breakfast when we are tired of pancakes and sweet cupcakes.

Here’s a recipe for these bread muffins. They taste best at room temperature or straight out of the oven. 

Try them at breakfast the next time you need a little jalapeño in your life and watch as they take the whole table by storm.

Cornbread Jalapeño Muffins with Honey Lime Glaze Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal: Jalapeno cornbread muffins of course require a large heaping of cornmeal for the base of your muffin.
• 1 cup all-purpose flour: Don’t forget flour, another important component in flavorful muffins.
• 1 tablespoon baking powder: Add a little baking powder to make sure your muffins rise in the oven and come out perfectly crumbly.
• 1/2 teaspoon salt: Salt will combat the sweetness giving it that salty flavor that’s always a hit.
• 1/4 cup sugar: Sugar is important for warm muffins that taste great.
• 1 cup buttermilk: Moist buttermilk muffins from the oven are some of my favorite childhood memories growing up in the South. This buttery batter is a taste that everyone loves.
• 2 large eggs: Eggs ensure the batter evenly bakes, and the center comes out clean.
• 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter: This classic cornbread muffin recipe calls for half a stick of melted butter.
• 2 finely chopped fresh jalapeños (and sliced for garnish): Jalapenos are the flavor of this muffin: we added a spicy kick to this recipe when you bite into the muffin.
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese: A generously large heaping of cheddar is the perfect complement to the peppers in this recipe.
• 1/4 cup honey: Honey is for a balance of sweetness in your drizzle of glaze.
• Juice and zest of 1 lime: A little lime goes a long way, especially in this recipe. But here, we call for the whole lime.
• Chopped Cilantro for garnish: if your muffins are to look good, you better get to decorating. We suggest cilantro.

How to Make Cornbread Jalapeño Muffins with Honey Lime Glaze

1. How to Make Cornbread Jalapeño Muffins with Honey Lime Glaze
2. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C), and grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line it with baking muffin cups.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
4. At the same time, however, in another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, the eggs, butter melted and cooled, the chopped jalapeño and the cheese.
5. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin, filling each cup about 3/4 full.
7. Bake 15-20 minutes, until the muffins are golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
8. At the same time, while the muffins are baking (the temperature should be at 400 Fahrenheit), another bowl should be prepared with the honey and lime juice to obtain the glaze.
9. Allow to cool for five minutes, then remove and glaze them while they are still warm with the honey lime glaze.

Substitute Whatever You Want

Use mini muffins or regular muffins when you make this recipe.

Substitute jalapenos or small hot peppers like chilli peppers or poblano peppers.

You can even make them with brown butter for a deeper, nuttier flavor.

They’re still good cold, but you can reheat them!

These muffins are so endlessly customizable – go with gluten-free flour or cut back on the honey and add sour cream for a moister, more tender crumb.

Serve with a pickle on the side!

These muffins are hopefully the first of many elevated, aromatic muffins that may work their way into your kitchen repertoire.

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