Recipes
Crazy & Tricia Lee Kelshall – Cheesy Pastelle Muffins

Ingredients
1½ cups flour
1 cup Chief Empanada CornFlour
3 tsp baking powder
6 oz butter or margarine, melted
1/3 cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
3 eggs
1½ cups milk
1½ cups cooked beef pastelle filling (cooked mincemeat with olives, capers, raisins added)
1½ cups grated cheddar cheese
Cupcake holders
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Whisk in the Chief Empanada flour and set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together the butter, and sugar. Add in the eggs and mix until combined. Add the milk and mix until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix just until incorporated.
- Fill the muffin tins with 2/3 of the batter in each. Top with a little of the beef filling (approx 1 tbsp), then top with some grated cheese. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes or until the muffins are golden brown and cooked through.
- Remove from oven and let rest briefly for a couple minutes and then remove from the pan and serve.