Asparagus jewels
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | Fresh asparagus | 
| 1⅓ | cup | Flour | 
| 1 | cup | Cornmeal | 
| ¼ | cup | Sugar | 
| 1 | tablespoon | Baking powder | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt | 
| 1 | cup | Milk | 
| ½ | cup | Salad oil | 
| 4 | Eggs | |
| 8 | ounces | Cream cheese; broken into 24 chunks | 
| 1 | cup | Toasted almonds; sliced | 
Directions
Snap off asparagus end. Cut into ¼-inch slices; reserve tips. Combine dry ingredients and wet (except cream cheese) separately, then stir wet into dry and mix well. Stir in asparagus. Place ½ portion of batter into paper muffin cup. Add a chunk of cream cheese and cover with remainder of butter portion. Garnish with asparagus tips and almonds. Bake at 400 degrees for 15    minutes. Yield: 24 muffins. 
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary." <diane@...> on Feb 4, 1998