corn muffin

Golden breakfast bread

A corn muffin is a small quick bread made with cornmeal, baked in a muffin tin.

Sweeter and more cake-like in Northern American tradition, denser and less sweet in Southern cooking.

Corn muffins often accompany chili, barbecue, or soul food: She served the beans with warm corn muffins and butter.

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crumb topping · butter · honey · skillet · cast iron skillet · baking tin · breakfast · Sunday brunch · sweet · savory · moist · bakery · jalapeño · Southern · soul food · fluffy · warm · basket

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grain/flour type

corn muffinrye bread

Loaf from cereal grain

bran muffin · biscuit · whole wheat roll · pumpernickel · sourdough roll

sweetness and texture profile

corn muffinhardtack

Imperishable unleavened wafer

cracker · saltine · matzo · dry toast

quick bread form factor

corn muffincorn tortilla

Flat maize bread

biscuit · flatbread · johnnycake · hush puppy

Family

corn, muffin, corns, corny, corned, muffins

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G