Country Sausage And Cheese Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bulk sausage
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter, cold, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped fine
• 1/2 red onion, copped fine
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. transfer to paper towel-lined plate to cool.
• 2 adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375.
• 3 in the bowl of a food processor, add 2 c flour 2 1/2 t sugar, 2 t baking powder, 1 t baking soda, 1 t salt, 6 t cut butter, and 8 oz grated cheddar.
• 4 finely chop 1/2 red onion and 1/2 red bell pepper and add to mixture in the food processor bowl.
• 5 add cooled sausage to the mixture in the food processor and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. transfer to large bowl.
• 6 whisk egg and buttermilk in mixing cup and stir into flour mixture until well combined.
• 7 grease and flour 12-cup muffin tin and spoon batter inches bake until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. 20 to 25 minutes.
• 8 cool in tin for 5 minutes. remove and serve.