Pineapple Tamale Muffins

Submitted by Annacia

"I ran across this and couldn't resist keeping it. It's is posted for ZWT 3, Mexico and sounds like a great, different muffin. It doesn't give the yield but I *think* it will be about 24 big muffins, total guess."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 6 cups maseca masa corn flour, for tamales
• 1 cup corn oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups sugar (or to taste)
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pineapple chunks in juice

directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
2. With an electric mixer, blend the corn flour, corn oil, sugar,baking powder and the pineapple juice to obtain a consistent mixture.
3. Pour the mixture to half level in each 4-inch muffin mold.
4. Add five pineapple tidbits into each mold and fill the rest with the mixture.
5. Bake for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[FLKeysJen]

Terrific flavor - significantly better than corn bread muffins! I suspect something's wrong with the proportions because these are very crumbly and fall apart. In step #3 it says to "pour" the batter but it's extremely thick play-dough consistency. I only used 1 1/2 cups sugar and it was plenty sweet. Since a 20 oz can of pineapple had exactly one cup of juice, I'll try using the same amount of juice and less masa. Since I invested in a five pound bag of masa I'll make this again and report back.

 

[weekend cooker]

I adjusted this slightly.. I used 1 1/2 cups sugar, and increased the pineapple juice to 2 1/4 cups, and I thought I had good consistancy for the batter. These and excellent flavor to these as it was a side dish to dinner. Cooking time was right on the money. Made for New Zaar Tag.