Cornbread

This traditional American bread is a quick and easy side for soups or stews.
Ingredients
8
Servings
  • 60 grams unsalted butter, or melted and cooled lard, and a little extra for greasing
  • 2 corn, fresh, with grains weighing approximately 200 grams
  • 150 grams flour, yellow corn or polenta
  • 125 grams flour, for plain bread
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 250 milliliters cow's milk
  • 50 grams icing sugar
Preparation
15 mins
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  • Preheat the oven to 425 ºF (220 ºC). Grease a pan and place it in the oven.
  • Shuck the ears and scrape the kernels with the back of a knife.
  • Sift the polenta, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the corn.
  • In a bowl, beat the eggs, butter or lard, and milk.
  • Pour 3/4 of the milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir.
  • Add the dry ingredients and the rest of the milk. Stir until smooth.
  • Carefully remove the pan from the oven and pour the mixture into it. It should sizzle.
  • Quickly brush the surface with butter or lard. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  • The bread should pull away from the sides of the pan and a skewer should come out clean.
  • The bread should cool slightly on a rack.

Nutritional Information

* * Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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