Country Ham And Asparagus Mini Muffins

Total Time: 54 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup plain cornmeal
• 3/4 cup shredded swiss cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup finely chopped country ham
• 18 fresh asparagus tips (1-inch long)

Recipe

• 1 in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter until well blended.
• 2 stir in ¾ cup of the flour and the cornmeal.
• 3 cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
• 4 lightly grease 18 miniature muffin cups and then preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• 5 shape the dough into 18 balls.
• 6 press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of each muffin cup; set aside.
• 7 in a small bowl, stir together the swiss cheese and the remaining 1 tablespoon flour.
• 8 in a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and cream.
• 9 stir in the swiss cheese mixture and ham.
• 10 spoon evenly into the muffin cups.
• 11 bake 7 minutes.
• 12 top each muffin with an asparagus tip.
• 13 decrease oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• 14 cover with foil; bake 17 minutes, or until set.
• 15 serve warm.