Sausage+Onion muffins

Sausage and onions. A match made in heaven. Oh and then put them together in a tiny edible carrying pocket? Mmm. Heaven, indeed.
ingredients:
10 ounces kielbasa
1 small onion, chopped tiny
2 cups flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 large egg
3 TB butter, melted
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

Preheat your oven to 375 and line your cupcake pan with paper or sili liners. Or grease it with butter if you are old skool like that.

Cut up the kielbasa into tiny-ish pieces. Cook the sausage in a pan on high heat until it gets that lovely brown-ish caramelized look to it. About 8 minutes. Put it to the side to drain on paper towels. Now put the onions in and saute for 3 minutes til you get that great smell and the same caramelized look. The reason you do the onions after, is so that they pick up all the lovely flavors that the sausage left behind.

Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl, lightly beat the egg with the milk and add the butter. Add the milk mixture all at once to the dry ingredients, just until combined, then stir in the cooked sausage, sauteed onions and the grated cheddar cheese. Don’t overmix, just until combined.

Spoon the batter into your prepared cupcake pan. Divide it all evenly into the 12 cups. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until just cooked. Cool for about 10 minutes. These are GREAT served warm with some hot soup. Kids love to eat them too!
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