Three Sisters Corn Muffins

• 1 cup gluten-free organic brown rice flour
• 3/4 cup white corn meal
• 1 tablespoon potato starch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, optional
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter (or canola oil)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar or light muscovado sugar
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup corn, cooked/steamed, preferably cut from the cob
• 2 ounces cooked cranberry beans (fresh or canned), coarsely chopped , then mashed
• 1 cup organic cooked sugar pumpkin
• demerara sugar for topping, optional
• pumpkin butter or cranberry and hot pepper jelly suggested for serving

1. Mix the dry ingredients of flour, corn meal, starch, salt, baking powder and soda, with optional spices, together. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat the sugar and syrup together with the butter or oil. Stir in the egg and pumpkin. Next combine the dry ingredients with these. Fold in the mashed beans. Stir in the corn.
3. Line 12 mini cake molds (2" x 3") or a muffin tin with parchment paper (or oil a cast iron corn muffin pan). Pour the batter into the cups. Top each with a sprinkle of demerara sugar for a crunchy effect on top, if desired.
4. Bake 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Cool. Serve while warm with cranberry hot pepper jelly, pumpkin butter, or other jam of your choice.

brown rice, white corn meal, potato starch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, unsalted butter, maple syrup, light brown sugar, egg, corn, cranberry beans, pumpkin, sugar, pumpkin butter

Taken from food52.com/recipes/6289-three-sisters-corn-muffins (may not work)