One of the things I love about summer vacation is that I can spend time teaching my boys some of the valuable skills that aren’t covered in school. And as somebody that loves to cook, I always enjoy getting into the kitchen with Zack and Ben so that they can learn how to make a few foods on their own. Baking is my personal favourite kid-friendly cooking choice since the boys can help measure and mix the ingredients, so when Trudeau sent me some of their top bakeware items to test out, I decided to use the Trudeau Mini Muffin Pan to whip up a batch of my favourite muffins with the boys.

Corn and Bacon Muffins may sound a little odd, but they are hands-down my favourite muffins ever. My mom used to make them for us as kids and the combination of sweet corn with the salty and smoky bacon is a match made in heaven. In mini form, they make a perfect bite-sized snack that the entire family loves! I cooked the bacon while the boys measured wet and dry ingredients into bowls. The finished muffins were a hit!

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Corn and Bacon Mini Muffins

Savoury muffins that combine sweet corn and smoky bacon for an addictive breakfast!

Course Breakfast

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 40

Author Kathryn

Ingredients

• 5 slices bacon
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup maple or other syrup
• 1 can 12 oz/341 ml whole kernel corn

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cook bacon until crisp. Crumble and set aside.
3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl until combined.
4. In separate large bowl, whisk egg until light. Blend in milk, butter, syrup and corn.
5. Add liquid ingredients to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Fold in bacon.
6. Spoon mixture into greased mini muffin pans and bake 10-15 minutes, until skewer stuck into muffin comes out clean.
7. Cool and eat.

Recipe Notes

If desired, bake in regular muffin pans for 20-25 minutes. Makes 12 large muffins.

 
The Trudeau Mini Muffin Pan was the perfect choice for these muffins since the pan made it so easy to pop each one out thanks to the silicone design. I especially liked that the pan still had a metal frame for structure, yet also provided me the convenient food release and even cooking of silicone. I’ve wanted a mini muffin pan for quite awhile and now that I have such a great one, I’m sure I’ll be making bite-sized treats much more often!

The muffins themselves came out tender, delicious and beautifully golden-brown. I filled a bag with them and took them on our recent road trip for breakfast since their small size and lack of muffin papers minimized any mess. As an added bonus, their small size means that usually I just pop them in my mouth as they are, rather than adding butter like I normally do with the larger muffins. Less calories and fat in my diet without compromising taste is a win in my book!

If you’d like to try this recipe too, Trudeau has a very special giveaway just for you! One lucky Mommy Kat and Kids reader is going to win a Trudeau baking prize pack containing a mini muffin pan, a set of mixing bowls and a spatula (everything you need to make this recipe), a $69 value! To enter to win, just leave a blog comment about your favourite type of muffins.

I was thrilled with how easy to use the Trudeau baking products were, and I can’t wait to check out some of the other items in the Trudeau collection. Whether you like making pies, cakes, cookies or muffins, Trudeau bakeware will help ensure great results every time. Check out the website for the complete collection of products and make something tasty with your kids this summer!

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