Margarita Sour Cream Muffins

These Margarita Sour Cream Muffins are light and fluffy....  and flavored with tequila!

Sometimes, cocktails are appropriate. At cocktail hour for example. They may not exactly work for breakfast. That's why you need Margarita Muffins! Do they contain tequila you ask?

Yes, they do! No worries about finding a designated driver because there's only about one teaspoon of tequila per muffin. I used tequila blanco, so the flavor is very faint. I bet that using Reposado or Anejo would up the tequila taste.

These muffins are airy and moist, and have a bright citrusy flavor. While most muffins include oil, I left it out of these to create an even lighter muffin.

In the spirit of margaritas, I topped each muffin with a tiny pinch of sea salt. 

These muffins are mild and slightly citrusy. Do they taste like margaritas? Well... kind of, if you close your eyes and use your imagination. Nothing beats the real thing, right? 

Regardless, they are still very tasty. 

Margarita Sour Cream Muffins 

Ingredients

2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) unbleached all purpose flour

3/4 cups sugar

1/4 cup cornmeal

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 large room temperature egg

1/2 cup regular sour cream

1/2 cup tequila

1/3 cup orange juice

1/4 cup lime juice

1/8 teaspoon lime oil (optional)

1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime zest

Coarse sea salt for sprinkling (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F with a rack in the middle. 
2. Line a 12 cavity muffin tin with paper liners.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, whisk the egg, sour cream, tequila, orange juice, lime juice, lime oil, and lime zest together. 
5. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until just combined. 
6. Divide the batter among the 12 muffin cavities. 
7. Sprinkle the tops of each muffin with a tiny pinch of sea salt. 
8. Bake for 20 minutes.
9. Cool the muffins on a wire rack.

Recipe adapted from The Ultimate Muffin Book (Thank you Stacy)

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