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I LOVE bread of any kind!  One of my favorite winter meals is soup and cornbread.  I just can’t get enough.  I found these Maple Cornbread Muffins on Yesterfood and knew they had to be good.  How can you go wrong combining cornbread and maple?  You can’t because they are wonderful!

Cook up a batch of the Chuckwagon Stew from last week and fix these muffins.  Your family will thank you, I promise.

Maple Cornbread Muffins 1

1 cup sifted all purpose flour

1 cup yellow cornmeal

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 cup milk (I used 2%.)

1 egg, beaten

1/4 cup real maple syrup

2 tbsp. melted butter, slightly cooled, for batter

3 tbsp. additional (not melted) butter for muffin pan

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Put about 1/4 teaspoon of the non-melted butter into each cup of your muffin pan.

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In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients and set aside.  In a second bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.  Pour the wet into the dry and mix until just combined.  You don’t want to over-mix the batter.  The batter will be a little thin and have a few lumps left. That’s ok.  Let it rest for a minute or two before filling the pan.

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While the batter rests, put the muffin pan into the preheated oven until the butter just melts.  Remove it from the oven and swirl the melted butter carefully to coat the muffin cups. 

Evenly divide the batter into the cups, filling each about 3/4 full.  Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove.  Serve warm with whatever you want to eat with them. 

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Maple Cornbread Muffins 2

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Slow Cooker Maple Ham

For the last couple of years, I have made the ham for C’s family’s big holiday meals.  I usually go with my citrus crock pot ham because it is quick and easy, but I tried something a little different this time and it was so good.  As usual here lately, I found this recipe on Pinterest and it was posted from the blog, Beyer Beware.  It, too, is a quick and easy recipe and the maple syrup gives it a little extra kick.  This is definitely a keeper.

1 spiral sliced ham (Mine was a little too big for my slow cooker so I had to slice it off the bone to fit.)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup real maple syrup

8oz can crushed pineapple

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Real maple syrup is usually expensive, but I have a supplier.  C’s cousin began making maple syrup last year on his farm here in good ol’ South Central Kentucky and it is so good!! I had just enough left over for this ham.

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Since I sliced the ham off the bone, I cooked this in layers.  Put half of the ham in the slow cooker then sprinkle with 1/2 of the brown sugar.  Pour half of the syrup and pineapple over that and repeat.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours or until heated through.

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Please join me at Miz Helen’s Country Cottage for Full Plate Thursday where there is sure to be some delicious food just for you!

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