Corn Light Bread Recipes

SOUTHERN CORN LIGHT BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 F.
• Grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan with shortening or bacon drippings.
• In a mixing bowl combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, soda, and salt. Blend well with a whisk or spoon.
• Stir the buttermilk and melted shortening into the dry ingredients. Blend well.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Cool it in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes before removing the bread from the pan.

PAULA DEEN'S " QUICK" CORN LIGHT BREAD - CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F; grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal mix, sugar, flour, and yeast.
• Stir in buttermilk, oil, and egg.
• Pour batter into pan, and bake for 1 hour.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Paula Deen's Hint: If you can't find self-rising cornmeal mix, combine 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and enough cornmeal to fill one cup. This equals one cup of mix.

SALLI'S CORN LIGHT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place shortening in an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 3/4-inch nonstick loaf pan. Transfer to oven until melted.
• Sift together sugar, flour, cornmeal, and salt. Combine buttermilk and baking soda in a glass measuring cup, then stir into dry ingredients until combined. Add melted shortening from the loaf pan; stir to combine. Pour batter into the hot loaf pan, and bake until golden brown, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool before slicing.

CORN LIGHT BREAD

Steps:

• HEAT the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• STIR the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• ADD the egg, buttermilk, and vegetable oil. Stir until well blended. The batter should be thick, but creamy and pourable. If the batter seems too thick, add a tablespoon or two of water.
• POUR the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown.
• COOL the bread for 5 to 10 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack. Store tightly wrapped in aluminum foil.
• Note
• You can substitute 2 cups self-rising cornmeal mix and 1 cup self-rising flour for the cornmeal, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.

ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk the egg, milk, orange juice, oil and orange zest; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the cranberries and apple., Pour into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil and freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.