Corn and Golden Raisin Muffins

Name: Corn and Golden Raisin Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups stone-ground yellow cornmeal; 1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; ⅓ cup sugar; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 1½ cups (about 8 ounces) golden raisins; 1 cup milk; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes
12
muffins

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

One of my favorite cookies is from Venice, a cornmeal butter cookie studded with raisins, called zaleti (little yellow cookies). The flavor of these muffins recalls them quite strongly.

Ingredients

1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1½ cups stone-ground yellow cornmeal
⅓

Europe
Americas
United States
Italy
Mediterranean
Cake
Cookies
Venice
Vegetarian

Method

Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Cut the butter into 12 pieces, add to the dry ingredients, and rub in until the mixture resembles fine meal.
Add th