Corn dogs and clothespins are both kind of nostalgic. And before I had a chance to post the recipe for some Corn Dog Muffins I had made, a friend and I found some quaint old wooden clothespins at an antique store in Eureka Springs this past weekend…so I just had to post a picture of those, too!
I’m not sure what I’m going to do with these, but they brought back memories of my mom hanging out the laundry in our backyard with her wooden clothespins, and seeing the clothes drying in the summer breeze and sunshine. It seems like eons ago now. These clothespins almost seem kind of primitive in today’s world with all our high-tech gadgets. How fast things change!
Now back to the Corn Dog Muffins…
You might be asking, “Why Corn Dog Muffins?” Well, for some reason, corn dogs remind me of fall. I think it’s because they’re often sold at the craft shows and fairs that happen so often this time of year. So I had corn dogs on my mind! I had seen some recipes for corn dog muffins, so I thought I’d give them a try.
I tried making these a few times. The first time, I made them with a cornbread batter that had cheese and honey in it, but those stuck to my paper muffin liners really badly and you couldn’t even taste the cheese in the muffins. So I tried another batter and omitted the cheese…and I like the taste of these muffins much better. The batter is actually a cornbread recipe I found on Allrecipes.com and I added in some Hillshire Farm® Lit’l Smokies® sausages instead of hot dogs…but you could use hot dogs instead if you want. These muffins would be good for breakfast or brunch or even for a snack, and this recipe makes about 17 muffins.
CORN DOG MUFFINS by NancyCreative, adapted from AllRecipes.com
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (14-oz.) package Lit’l Smokies® sausages, divided (set aside 17 sausage links, 1 for each muffin. (Note: if you want to use hot dogs instead, chop up enough hot dogs into small chunks to fill up 2 to 2 1/2 cups)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin pans with paper liners. In medium bowl, combine melted butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until well-blended. Add buttermilk, blending well. Then stir in baking soda, cornmeal, flour, and salt and mix until well-blended. Set aside 17 of the Lit’l Smokies® sausages; chop the remaining sausages into small chunks and mix into the cornbread batter. Fill muffin cups almost 3/4 full with batter, then add a Lit’l Smokies® link on top of each one (Note: if you don’t want quite so much sausage in your muffins, just use the one unchopped sausage link and place on the top of each cup of muffin batter; you’ll probably get about 14 muffins if you do this). If using chopped hot dogs, mix your small chunks into the batter and fill each muffin cup 3/4 full; you won’t need to put anything on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Let cool about 5 minutes and remove from pan. Serve warm.
Here’s what the muffins will look like before you put them in the oven…
I was hoping the little sausages would stay at the top as they baked, but they sunk into the batter. But it does make a nice surprise when you bite into the muffin and find the tasty sausage link and chopped bits of sausage inside!
These are best served warm!
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I make something similar to these for Christmas, called Christmas Morning CORNBREAD
I use jiffy mix cornbread mix, 2 boxes
Saute little smokies to warm
ocean spray cranberry sauce on top
It ends up tasting like a maple pancake with sausage links
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Wow–that sounds really good, Ginny–I will have to try that this Christmas! Thanks for sharing your recipe! 🙂
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Okay this is a great idea, love the corn dog muffin recipe, I am making these for the kids lunches. Thanks so much.
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I loved your corn dog muffins!
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Glad you liked them, Susan! 🙂
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My kids would love these! Thanks for sharing the recipe and for your visit!
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Genius idea! 🙂 Looks delish!
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Too cute! Love that you used smokies instead of hot dogs!:)
Have a great day!
Sherry
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I am just a kid at heart…I love Corn Dogs and your recipe will be great! Thank you for sharing and have a good week
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I’m only a little embarrassed to admit that I like corn dogs. This would be a fun way to enjoy them with my 3yo – and a little bit healthier than the original. 😉
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Those look SO yummy!
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wow, woulda never thought of this, but what a great idea!
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I LOVE this idea! We like to wrap mini sausages in crescent rolls, but this is so much faster!
I’d love for you to link this up to What’s Cooking Wednesday!
http://notsohomemade.blogspot.com/2010/12/tex-mex-lasagna-whats-cooking-wednesday.html
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What a great idea! Gonna pass this one on to family!
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This is such a simple, straight-forward idea. I just love it! One of my girls loves corndogs, but the supermarket ones aren’t very good. Last year I made a variation of these with leftover ham that turned out great, too. Thanks so much, these will become a menu item here. Hugs, Kim
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Using ham is a good idea, too! Hope your girls like the muffins! 🙂
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I bet my grandchildren would love these! I may even fix some for Christmas morning. Love the old clothes pins. I hope you’ll share what you decide to do with them. Thank you for linking to Favorite Things. laurie
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Thanks so much for sharing at What’s Cooking Wednesday!
Your recipe was featured this week 🙂
Be sure to stop by and link up more great recipes!
http://notsohomemade.blogspot.com/2010/12/chili-for-chilly-night-128-whats.html
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