Boston Market's corn bread is my favorite and I've always wanted to bake something similar at home. I found a corn muffin recipe in The Taste of Home Baking Book. Later traced the recipe on the website too.
As I have mentioned in the blog a couple of times before, I love that website because all the recipes work like a charm. Nothing can go wrong.
I've seen a couple of recipes for corn muffin, but this one was very simple to follow and easy to veganize also. These muffins can be prepared in no time. I have used Ener-G egg replacer in place of the 1 egg in the original recipe.
Also I used non-dairy milk to make vegan corn muffins. I would rather prefer using rice milk or almond milk instead. You can also use buttermilk instead of milk to make very moist corn muffins.
Corn muffins are a good accompaniment for vegetarian chili or some hot lentils and vegetable soup. Everyone at home loved these muffins!
Recipe
Vegan Corn Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- ¾ up Yellow Cornmeal
- 3 tablespoons Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1.5 teaspoon Ener-G Egg Replacer (in place of 1 egg)
- 2 tablespoons Water
- 1 cup Milk (I used Unsweetened Soy Milk)
- ¼ cup Vegetable Oil (I used Canola Oil)
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 400F/200C for 15 minutes. Grease muffin cups with shortening.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a blender/food processor add Ener-G, water, milk and oil. Blend it thoroughly, for about 3 minutes.
- Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened.
- Fill the muffin cups ⅔rds full.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
My Notes
- I don't have any complaints with this recipe. The only thing I wish I had done was spreading the batter in the 8 muffin cups evenly in the first go itself. I had some batter remaining after filling the cups initially, so distributed it again among the 8 cups. So what happened was after baking there was this extra top on the muffins. Not a big deal, but the corn muffins would have looked perfect and smooth on the top (just like the picture in the magazine) if I had done it the other way.
- Adding some fresh/frozen corn kernels to the batter would be nice too.
- This is a general baking tip. I have found that greasing baking sheets/pans with shortening works better than using a non stick spray. Non stick spray leaves burn marks on the sheets while shortening does a clean job.
This recipe has been updated and republished from the 2009 archives.
Helen says
Oh my, just baked a batch of these and they are really delicious! I added some sweet corn kernals and it was very yummy. Thank you so much for this healthy recipe, now my daughter (allergic to eggs) can enjoy baked goods like everyone else =)
Madhuram says
You're welcome Helen and thank you for the tip for adding corn kernels. I'm going to try it too.
Audra says
Does anyone have experience with using sunflower oil instead of vegtable oil? My son has soy allergies so I need to avoid that. Coconut oil is expensive or else I would just keep using that. Thanks! I'm really excited to try this recipe.
Madhuram says
You can use any oil Audra, as long as it does not have an overpowering flavor.
Vassili says
Hi mate please help me I want to make veggie muffins from courgette, carrots and onion. Help please.
Madhuram says
You can use this corn muffin recipe itself and mix in grated vegetables of your choice, upto a cup maybe.
Kassandra says
I want to try this recipe...without making an extra trip to the grocery store. Can I use applesauce in place of the egg replacer? Also, the type of sugar isn't specified. Can I use turbinado sugar?
Madhuram says
I'm not sure if applesauce would work for this recipe. I used white sugar.
Toby says
Hello, I am looking for a vegan cornbread muffin recipe that does not use soy for my daughter's school (some of the kids have allergies and we are vegetarian (don't do eggs) - have you tried using anything else with this recipe like coconut milk or almond milk? I am making these for her class Tuesday morning for her birthday celebration to go with their veggie soup! Thank you ~ sounds yummy! 🙂
Madhuram says
Hi Toby, you could use any other non-dairy milk instead of soy. Switching that does not affect the taste or texture in anyway. Actually I personally prefer almond milk or rice milk instead of soy milk. Somtimes soy milk can give a gooey texture. So you should be fine using almond milk.
Erin says
This is the second time I have made these muffins. My Husband loves corn muffins and before becoming vegan, I would make the boxed "Jiffy" brand muffins, which are really quite good. These are better. And my husband (and I) love them. Thanks so much publishing the recipe!
Madhuram says
You're welcome Erin.
Tiffany says
I tried this recipe tonight, it really was a nice change. It was easy, didn't mess up the whole kitchen, and tasted nice. For texture on top, I'd add cornmeal sprinkled over the tops next time. It was about an 8/10, I'd say. But that's good! I had the Ener-g replacer on had as my husband's allergic to eggs. And being a person who usually dislikes store-bought corn bread/muffins, this was really yummy!
Madhuram says
Thanks for giving it a try Tiffany.
Erin says
I'm glad that everyone liked the picture of the muffins, but to be honest the comments regarding the photo are not helpful for someone visiting the site and looking for a delicious muffin recipe. I can see what the picture looks like, but I don't know what it tastes like. Review as to the actual taste of the muffins would be much more helpful and worth reading.
Madhuram says
I can understand what you are trying to tell Erin. This being a food blog and not a recipe site gets comments from other food bloggers who may not necessarily try the recipe. You may have to fish in for the actual reviews. We are trying to make it easy for people to just see the reviews. Your patience is appreciated.
Ramya says
Hey Madhuram,
Wanted to make this, however wanted to replace EnerG. Shall i use
white vinegar or flax seed meal for this one?
Please advice..
Madhuram says
I think you can try flax seed powder instead of EnerG.
Sandhya says
Thank u Madhuram.. I have got my Ener -G from US.. my lovely brother picked it for me....
Do sneak a peek at my space whn time permits...
Cheers
Sandhy
That's great Sandhya. Will surely drop by.
Ruth says
Egg free is good and I appreciate the recipes, but can you make this gluten free? I was wondering if I could use corn flour instead of APF?
Ruth, I have very little experience with gluten free baking. There are plenty other blogs concentrating in gluten free baking; just Google and you should be able to find a lot of recipes. Meanwhile you can check a couple of gluten free cookie recipes I have in my blog.
Brown rice flour and cornmeal chocolate chip cookies: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2009/12/21/gluten-free-cookies-chocolate-chip/
Brown rice flour and oat flour chocolate chip cookies: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2010/03/04/oats-brown-rice-flour-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Hannah says
1 Egg can be replaced with this:
1 tbsp lightly ground flax, just enough to break the skins is all that is needed really. I grind myself in a mortar and pestle as fresh is always best! The pre-ground flax meals have lost some of their nutritional value.
Then soak for ten minutes in 2-3 tbsp warm water, stir once or twice. Water will become thick and slimy like the white of an egg.
In recipes where I don't care if flax seeds are present I add the whole mixture but you can also strain out seeds and simply add the liquid.
Thanks for the info Hannah.
Sandhya says
hi ..First time here.. .loved your concept of eggless baking I am slowly getting into this baking spree...
What is Ener -G?? I live in London.. Dunno wot ingredient is it?
I have got one more query... wot is the difference between plain flour & all purpose flour?? i hardly find all purpose flour in tesco's ..
do reply when time permits..
Cheers
Sandhya
Hi Sandhya, EnerG is an egg replacement powder made with potato/tapioca starch and leaveners. It is vegan. Check for its availability in any health food stores or organic aisle of regular supermarkets. Also check this link. http://www.ener-g.com/Articles/ArticlePage.aspx?pageId=445
When Googled I found that plain flour and all purpose flour is one and the same.
Meena V says
You are right ...spray does make it brown...I used medium ground yellow cornmeal...which was difficult for kids to eat...will try with a softer cormeal next time !
maryam says
hi madu,
i tried to find the ENER-G egg replacer in dubai and couldnt find it. what can I add instead of it in your recipies.help.
Hi Maryam, in this particular recipe you can try 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of baking soda in place of 1 egg. You can also try flax seed meal substitution. I can't simply tell one replacement for EnerG, it depends on the recipe, the flavors going in etc. For the vegan apple cake (for which I have used EnerG) you can try with unsweetened applesauce and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.