Corn Muffins with Spices - Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian

These corn muffins with spices pay homage to their grand origins: the traditional Mayan custom of maize (corn), the premise of the food regimen within the Americas. Along with yellow corn meal, these corn muffins embrace chia seeds and quinoa flour—different historical meals from the Americas—which offer construction, in addition to different widespread spices indigenous to the area, which offer a lot taste. Plus a handful of complete corn kernels provides simply the fitting “wholeness” to those nutritious vegan corn muffins.

These corn muffins with spices are gentle in added sugars, oil, and sodium, and hefty in vitamins, resembling fiber, plant protein, nutritional vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.

Does cornmeal have gluten?

The reply is not any! Cornmeal is taken into account an entire grain, however cornmeal is gluten free. Actually, these corn muffins are utterly gluten-free as a result of they don’t comprise conventional wheat flour.

Does cornmeal go dangerous?

Cornmeal is shelf steady and has a protracted shelf-life; it could possibly final for a number of months saved in an hermetic container. Nevertheless, if you’re not going to be utilizing the cornmeal inside a number of months, it’s possible you’ll think about freezing it to keep away from the pure rancidity that may happen in grains left at room temperature for lengthy durations.

Description

These wholesome, nutritious corn muffins with spices are gluten-free, vegan, and filled with vitamin and taste.

Muffins:

Topping: (non-compulsory)

1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika

Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine chia and flax seeds with plant-based milk and oil and let stand for five minutes.
Stir in sugar, cornmeal, quinoa flour, cumin, paprika, and baking powder simply till easy.
Stir in jalapeno (non-compulsory) and thawed frozen corn.
Spray medium muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Fill muffin pans with 1/3 cup batter. (Alternatively might use paper muffin liners, if desired.)
Place in oven and bake for about 35-40 minutes, till tender and golden brown.
Take away from oven and let cool for five minutes. If desired, make the topping by mixing collectively sea salt and paprika in a small bowl. Sprinkle a pinch of the combination over every muffin. Take away from muffin pan and serve instantly.
Makes 9 small muffins. Might retailer muffins in hermetic container at room temperature for 3 days, or in freezer as much as 3 months.