Kenny Rogers Roasters Corn Muffins

He knows when to hold em, and he knows when to fold em. And lately he's been folding em quite a bit as Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurants across the country have bolted their doors for lack

of interest. Looks like that whole "home meal replacement" think hasn't worked out too well for this fire-roasted chicken chain. But that doesn't mean that Kenny didn't know how to make awesome corn muffins that are served with every meal. And since it's becoming harder and harder to find a Kenny Rogers Roasters outlet, we have no choice but to duplicate these at home if we want to re-create this part of the Kenny experience.

Recipe Ingredient

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup honey

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk

3/4 cup frozen yellow corn

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Cream together butter, sugar, honey, eggs, and salt in a large bowl.

3. Add flour, cornmeal, and baking powder and blend thoroughly. Add milk while mixing.

4. Add corn to mixture and combine by hand until corn is worked in.

5. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan and fill each cup with batter. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until muffins begin to turn brown on top.

Makes 12 muffins.

International House of Pancakes Pumpkin Pancakes

During the holiday season this particular pancake flavor sells like...well, you know. It's one of 16 varieties of pancakes served at this national casual diner chain. You can make your own version of these delicious flapjacks with a little canned pumpkin, some spices and traditional buttermilk pancake ingredients. Get out the mixer, fire up the stove, track down the syrup.

Recipe Ingredients
2 eggs

1 1/4 cups buttermilk

4 tablespoons butter, melted

3 tablespoons canned pumpkin

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon allspice

1. Preheat a skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with oil cooking spray.

2. Combine eggs, buttermilk, butter, pumpkin, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to blend ingredients.

3. Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and blend with mixer until smooth.

4. Pour the batter in 1/4 cup portions into the hot pan. Should form 5-inch circles. When the batter stops bubbling and edges begin to harden, flip the pancakes. They should be dark brown. This will take from 1 to 2 minutes.

5. Flip the pancakes and cook other side for the same amount of time, until dark brown.

Serves 3 to 4

HOSTESS TWINKIES

Serving Size : 6
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 c Margarine
1/2 c Crisco
1 c Sugar
3/4 c Evaporated milk
1 tb Vanilla


-----CAKE-----
3 lg Eggs
3 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
2 c Flour
1 c Milk
1/2 c Butter
1 1/2 c Plus 1/2 cup Sugar
Sugar
1 t Salt

FILLING: Mix recipe together and bake in 13 x 9 pan cut cake into sections and layer with cake, filling and more cake.