Become a Brunch Goddess with One Recipe

When I was a little kid, my mom would wake us up on Saturday mornings with the smell of corn dog muffins. You read that right, corn dog muffins. Think about everything you love about a classic carnival corn dog, and put it in muffin form. It's salty, it's sweet and it's perfect when paired with a fruit salad, a pile of home fries and either an orange juice or a mimosa.

Ingredients: 

• 2 (8.5 ounce) packages corn bread mix
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar 
• 2 eggs 
• 1 1/2 cups milk 
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 
• 9 hotdogs, chopped 

Steps: 

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and lightly grease the muffin tins. I recommend playing a classic rock radio station, pretending your a backup singer and belting into a spoon while you're waiting for the oven to heat. 
• Stir together cornbread mix and brown sugar in a large bowl before folding eggs into the mix. Whisk until the dry mixture is thoroughly moist (grossest word ever) 
• Pour the batter into muffin tins and bake for 14 to 18 minutes. You'll know they're done when they're golden brown and you can poke them with a fork without the batter sticking. 

Serve these babies in an adorable basket lined with a big patterned cloth napkin for an extra dose of cute. It should look something like this: 

I give you full permission to claim that this corn dog muffin was you mother's recipe so you can have a little dose of authenticity. 

Did your mother ever prepare hot dogs in an unusual or heart warming way? Share in the comments!