Corn bread

Name: Corn bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 1 × 300 g (10 oz) loaf
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 30 g (1 oz) sugar; 60 g (2 oz) self-raising flour; 2 teaspoons caraway or onion seeds, optional; 2 teaspoons caraway or onion seeds, optional; 60 g (2 oz) butter, melted; 185 g (6 oz) fine cornmeal; 2 eggs, beaten; 250 ml (8 fl oz) buttermilk

Preparation info

Makes
1 × 300
g loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

A quick bread in which cornmeal replaces some of the flour to produce a slightly grainy, densely textured bread.

Ingredients

2 eggs, beaten
250 ml (8 fl oz) buttermilk
60

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to moderately hot 190°C (375°F/Gas 5). Butter a 20 cm (8 inch) square cake tin and dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
Mix the eggs, buttermilk and melted butter together in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the cornmeal, sugar, self-r