Kicked Up Corn Muffins!!!

• 2 sausage links - sweet or hot - crumbled
• 1/2 red bell pepper - diced
• 2 jalapenos roasted, - shopped with seeds
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 1 bunch scallions - chopped
• 6 sun dried tomatoes - shopped
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups corn meal
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk, milk plus 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 dash ground cumin
• 1 dash paprika
• 1 dash sea salt
• 1 dash fresh ground black pepper
• olive oil for drizzling
• romano cheese for grating

1. Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
2. Heat a frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil and add the bell pepper, jalapenos, scallions, crumbled cooked sausage and sun dried tomatoes to saute for 3 or 4 minutes. Turn heat off and set aside to prepare the batter for the muffins.
3. In a small bowl combine the sour milk, eggs and butter and mix.
4. In a larger bowl combine the flour, corn-meal, lime zest, baking powder, baking soda, spices, sugars and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and combine well.
5. Bring bowl to the stove and spoon in the sausage and vegetable mixture, turning over as added to combine well.
6. Butter cupcake tins and spoon the batter into the greased cupcake tin. Top each muffin with a little butter, grated cheese and a little drizzle of olive oil.
7. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick test comes out clean.

sausage links u sweet, red bell pepper, jalapeufos, butter, scallions, tomatoes, baking soda, baking powder, flour, corn meal, eggs, buttermilk, lime, brown sugar, white sugar, ground cumin, paprika, salt, fresh ground black pepper, olive oil, romano cheese

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Kicked-Up-Corn-Muffins___-1662604 (may not work)