Recipes Honey and Fig Cornbread Muffins 1 Review Fresh figs are used in two ways to make these truly tender cornbread muffins. Slideshow: More Incredible Muffins By Sarah Bolla Sarah Bolla Sarah Bolla (Powers) is a trained chef, food stylist, and photographer based in San Diego. She's spent over a decade developing mouthwatering recipes and shooting striking images that have graced Food & Wine and her popular food blog Lemon Fire Brigade. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 28, 2014 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Sarah Bolla Active Time: 20 mins Total Time: 45 mins Yield: 6 Ingredients 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 cups cornmeal 2 large eggs 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup whole milk 3 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon molasses 5 oz fresh Mission figs, quartered Honey and Fig Swirl 7 oz fresh Mission figs, (about 1 1/4 cups) diced small 2 1/2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons orange juice or water Pinch of salt 1/2 lemon, zested Directions Preheat the oven to 325°. Butter and flour a 6-cup muffin pan and set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat, add 7 ounces of chopped figs, honey, orange juice and salt to the pan. Let the figs cook down and become syrupy for about 8 minutes. Take off the heat, grate in the lemon zest, and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs until well combined then stir in the buttermilk, milk, honey, and molasses. Pour half of the wet mixture in with the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth. Add the rest of the wet ingredients to the dry and continue to mix until smooth again. Gently fold in the warm figs and their syrup, just enough so that batter leaves a light swirling trail of fig syrup. Pour the batter into the prepared baking cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the cornbread has risen and the centers are slightly firm but still soft to the touch. Let cool on a wire rack. Once muffins are cool run a knife around the edges of the pan to release them. To serve, garnish each muffin with a few quarters of the remaining fresh figs. The muffins are best served warm with a drizzling of honey. Rate it Print