The Deen Brothers' Baked Hush Puppies

• vegetable oil↗

  for greasing

• yellow cornmeal↗2⁄3 cup
• all-purpose flour↗1⁄3 cup
• baking powder↗1 teaspoon
• salt↗3⁄4 teaspoon
• fresh ground black pepper↗1⁄8 teaspoon
• onion↗1⁄2 cup

  finely chopped

• milk↗1⁄3 cup
• large eggs↗2

  lightly beaten

• unsalted butter↗2 tablespoons

  melted

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease a 24-cup mini muffin pan or spray with nonstick cooking spray.

2. 2

   In a medium bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and pepper.

3. 3

   In a separate bowl, mix together the onion, milk, eggs and butter. Fold the egg mixture into the flour mixture until the flour mixture is just moistened.

4. 4

   Spoon 1 T of the batter into each of the prepared mini muffin pan cups. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the hush puppies are firm to the touch and golden brown around the edges.