The Double Blues

• 1 1/4 cups blue corn meal, medium grind
• 1 1/4 cups organic pastry flour (or gluten free baking mix)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• dash of kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, beaten with a fork
• 1/4 cup melted butter (or substitute canola oil)
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar, optional if you like sweeter
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 3/4 cup fresh Maine blueberries (or frozen)
• 1/4 cup kernels cut off silver queen or shoepeg corn cobs, or other small kernel interesting corn
• 3 tablespoons demerara sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Mix in the buttermilk and beaten eggs.
4. Add the maple syrup, optional brown sugar here, and melted butter.
5. Gently fold in the corn kernels, blueberries and lemon zest.
6. Ladle in to 12 muffin or small cake tins lined with parchment paper or sprayed with a vegetable oil.
7. Spoon a small amount of demerara sugar on top.
8. Bake about 25 minutes until lightly brown on top.
9. Serve warm with blueberry conserve or hot pepper jam.

corn meal, pastry flour, baking powder, kosher salt, buttermilk, eggs, butter, maple syrup, light brown sugar, lemon zest, fresh maine blueberries, kernels, demerara sugar

Taken from food52.com/recipes/6361-the-double-blues (may not work)