First things first…
The winner of the 2013 Llewellyn Sabbats Almanac is Cassandra of the Book of Shadows Blog! Congratulations, Cassandra – send me your shipping information via the Contact page and I’ll get that shipped off to you right away. It’s a great book and I’m sure you’re going to love it!
Now, on to the Sabbat at hand: Happy Lammas!
I admit it, I’m not often this domestic, organized kitchen witch you see online. Usually, if a Sabbat ritual is in the morning, I do it over cereal and if it’s at night, I forget to put food together and forgo that part entirely. However, somehow I manage to make up a batch of cornbread muffins for Lammas as there is just nothing better than a soft, warm muffin with melty butter to remind you that today is the pagan first day of fall. (Despite it being 100 degrees outside.)
This is a really basic recipe but I always like to add a few herbs or spices to just about everything so here I threw in a bit of dried sage (you could use fresh instead if it’s on hand) for cleansing the spirit, not to mention flavor!
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 ¼ cups milk
3 ½ tablespoons vegetable shortening
3 teaspoons dried sage
Combine ingredients in a large bowl, then mix using a hand beater (no longer than 1 minute) Pour into 12 large muffin cups.
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
The Witch of Howling Creek 
This has prompted me to make cornbread muffins with Little today. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Your muffins look tasty! I’m afraid all I’ll be able to do is eek out a loaf of sun bread (basically challah).
Oooh that sounds tasty though – and such an appropriate name!
Oh, it is. I actually got the idea from a children’s book of the same name (“Sun Bread”), but went with a different bread recipe. I’m going to do a different shape this time since I already use the sun shape for Winter Solstice and Imbloc.
I think the best part is that it’s super easy, which is important for me at this season of my life.
Thyme would also be a very good addition for Lughnasa, because it is associated with the Warrior Path. I swear, I have been hunting around for the perfect cornbread recipe for years!!! LOL! I bought some cornmeal a couple years back and tried the recipe on the box and it was awful…gritty, and a horrible flavor! But, I recently tried a recipe for a cornbread casserole, and the cornbread itself was DELICIOUS!!! My only change to the recipe was to use buttermilk instead of regular milk.