I am an enormous fan of cornbread, so I am loving the Edible Adventure story in our current issue. I was lucky enough to be on set for the photo shoot, which meant that I got to taste everything after it was shot, and I got to take home leftovers to enjoy for a few days. It's been a few months since we did that shoot, and I was happy to rediscover the recipes over the weekend.

In particular, I focused on the Harvest Nut Blue Corn Muffins, which are sort of a Morning Glory muffin crossed with a Blue Corn Muffin. They are filled with fruits, veggies, nuts and healthy whole grains—and not too much fat or sugar since there's applesauce in the mix—and they have proved to be the perfect afternoon snack this week.

I did, of course, make a few changes to the recipe. Which is a big part of why we do Edible Adventure each month—it's fun to put your own spin on a recipe, and that usually means you can tweak it to be more to your exact liking.

Click here to see the original recipe.

Here's what I changed: I added ¹/₂ c of unsweetened shredded coconut (because I like it), I used regular cornmeal instead of blue since that's what I had in the house, I increased the cinnamon to 2 t (and skipped the nutmeg since I didn't have any), I decreased the brown sugar to 1/2 c, and I used pear butter instead of apple sauce since that's what I had.

All in all, they taste pretty similar to the original recipe, if a little less sweet (which I rather like). I continue to be impressed by how light and fluffy these are—you'd think having so many add-ins would weigh these babies down, but it seems to have quite the opposite effect.

We'd love to hear what you do with our recipes, so if you try any of the cornbreads, drop us a note to let us know what you thought!

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