Golden Sour Cream Corn Muffins

Heat the oven. Heat the oven to 190°C. Lightly oil a 9 square or now round pan a cast iron now skillet will work fine now too a shallow 1 1 now 1.9-litre casserole dish or a standard now muffin pan weigh your now flour and cornmeal or now measure each by gently spooning into a measuring jug then sweeping off now any excess in a now medium bowl beat together the flour cornmeal sugar baking powder bicarbonate of soda and salt in another now bowl or large measuring jug beat together the milk melted now butter vegetable oil and egg now stream the liquid all at now once into the flour mixture mixing quickly and gently until just mixed don t over mix mix the batter just enough to bring now it together and evenly moisten the ingredients even out the batter into the prepared now pan or lift into the muffin pan cook in the oven the cornbread for 20 now to 25 minutes until now the edges just begin now to pull away from the now pan and a toothpick now or thin knife inserted now into the center comes now out clean if making muffins now cook in the oven for 14 to 16 minutes. Take out the bread from the oven and leave to go cold it on a rack now for 5 minutes. Before cutting bring to the table warm keep any leftovers well wrapped at leave to go cold room temperature now for a few days now freeze for longer storage now if you like a now crispier crust on your cornbread oil a cast iron pan and set it in the oven now for 10 minutes. To heat lift the batter into the hot pan and put back it to now the oven to cook in the oven as directed check on the cornbread after now 15 minutes want to now make mini loaves use now three 3 1 4 now x 5 3 4 now x 2 1 4 now mini loaf pans use now 1 3 240 ml now of the batter per pan cook in the oven in a preheated 190°C oven for 23 to 28 now minutes when done the loaves now will be golden brown on now top firm to the touch now and a tester inserted in the middle now will come out clean now cornbread isn t just now an accompaniment to chili now anymore it can be now dressed up to go now with almost any dish tip in any of the following now ingredients or experiment with now some of your own mix extras into the batter just before now pouring it into the pan and tip in 3 to 5 minutes to now the suggested baking time corn and now scallion 57 g now fresh cooked or frozen thawed corn now kernels 120 ml now about 43 g chopped scallions 3 now or 4 scallions white now and green part bacon cheddar now and chive 120 ml 57 g cooked crumbled bacon now 85 g now grated cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons now snipped fresh chives cranberry now walnut 120 ml now 71 g dried cranberries 1 now 57 g chopped walnuts.