JALAPENO AND BACON CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425-degrees F.
• Fry bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp (10-15 minutes).
• Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain.
• Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Pour bacon fat into a bowl and set aside.
• Melt Crisco and 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat together in the same skillet over medium heat.
• Grease a muffin tin with remaining bacon grease and transfer to oven so muffin tin will be hot.
• In a large bowl beat eggs.
• Add bacon, onions, jalapenos, pickling juice, sugar, baking soda, salt, cumin and pepper and stir well to combine.
• Add cornmeal and buttermilk and stir to combine.
• Add the hot fat (from the skillet) and stir until combined.
• Remove muffin tin from oven.
• Pour batter into muffin tins.
• Bake or 15-20 minutes or until done and toothpick comes clean.