Bite- Sized Foods

I love the easiness of bite-sized foods because you can always throw them together and use for a quick appetizer.  These would have been great for a superbowl party if I would have been home.  Maybe I will find something I can use these Mini Corn Dog Muffins for here.  They were so cute.  I served with Sweet Potato Fries and the Sriracha dipping sauce I made a while back.

Ingredients
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
8-10 all-beef hot dogs, cut into 1″ bites

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine butter and sugar in a bowl, and whisk to combine. Add eggs and whisk to incorporate. Add buttermilk and whisk to incorporate.
In a separate bowl, combine baking soda, cornmeal, flour, and salt, and stir to combine. Whisk into wet ingredients in two batches.
Spray a mini muffin tin with non-stick spray, and spoon 1 Tablespoon of batter into each mini muffin cup. Place one hot dog bite into the middle of each cup.
Bake for 8-12 minutes, or until cornbread is golden brown. Cool in mini muffin tin for 5 minutes before serving. Store leftovers in the refrigerator, and re-heat for 20-30 seconds before serving. This makes 48 mini muffins.

For sweet potato fries:
Ingredients
1 large sweet potato
corn starch
2 Tablespoons olive oil

Directions
Cut your sweet potatoes in strips in medium thickness and then let them soak in water for a 1-2 hours.  Preheat oven to 425°.  Throw a Tablespoon or two of cornstarch into a plastic bag.  Dump a handful of sweet potatoes into the bag.  Twist the top and then shake to make sure that all of the sweet potatoes are coated in the corn starch.  Put the coated fries on a non stick cooking sheet.  Repeat this until all fries are coated.  Drizzle 2 Tablespoons of olive oil over the fries and mix the fries around with your hands to make sure they are coated.  Put in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.  The less fries on the pan (you don't want them to really even be touching) the better they will cook.  Check the fries after 15 minutes and flip them with a spatula.  If they need more time put them back in for 5 minutes.

Again I forgot to take a picture.  Better luck next time.