green bean casserole cupcakes today! (Some readers may not know or recall that I mentioned that green bean casserole cupcakes would be a fine thing, so I planned to make some. I didn’t get to it until today, but I did it! Just going to show pics and give an outline of their creation here, but I can expand upon the recipe if anyone cares for it. 🙂

So, last month, I was on Burr Deming’s blog, where he’d made a less-than-positive remark about green bean casserole. Being me, I couldn’t resist stating how much I enjoy it, and that I was thinking of doing it as cupcakes this year.

Well, what sounded like the right thing to do as to that was to use toasted cornbread crumbs seasoned with sage and whatever else you want; I used herbs to mimic poultry seasoning, with extra sage because I especially enjoy it. I mixed in some crushed french-fried onions (your choice of brand) and a T. of melted butter, thinking I’d make the crust similarly to cracker-crumb crusts. I lined (tried to line!) cupcake cups with the crust, trying to get it all the way up the sides, but it only went a part of the way; these crumbs are a bit heavy.

I baked the crusts for 10 min. at 350. Meanwhile, I made the mushroom sauce (I like to make my own so I can control fat and salt for myself) and since it would be ridiculous to try to layer these, I added the green beans right to the sauce.

After 15 min. (they didn’t look quite ready at 10,) I pulled the crusts and let them rest until cooled. Then I loaded the casserole, then put on the onions. Back into the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Then I turned the oven off, gave them 10 more because they looked as if they could use the time.

So, I think I could have baked the crusts 5-8 minutes more before filling. These aren’t truly cupcakes; the sides didn’t hold, though about a 1/4 inch in they were edible the way one eats a cupcake. Flavor-wise, if you enjoy holiday food flavors, holy cow they are awesome. Not tooting my horn, rather tooting the food’s horn. I may layer in seasoned cornbread crumbs in my casserole next year!

(Before trying to peel the paper off. And, yes, it’s on the kid’s old Poke’mon plate; it’s the perfect size for me.)

(Cupcake cup off; ready to eat. I ate the outside bits with a fork, then picked up the interior, and ate it like a cupcake. Mmm!)