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Cornbread, Brother Juniper's
Recipe By :Peter Reinhart
Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bread Bread-Bakers Mailing List
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups polenta -- coarse-ground cornmeal, uncooked
4 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon salt -- preferably sea salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 cups corn kernels -- fresh or frozen
This batter can be baked as a pan bread, grilled like a pancake, or
baked in muffin tins.
Mixing: Mix the dry ingredients, including the corn, together in a
bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the liquid ingredients. Combine the two
mixtures with a spoon or whisk but mix only until the batter is
smooth and all the dry ingredients are absorbed. The consistency
should not be as stiff as cake batter, but thick and soupy, so that
it may be poured into a baking pan.
Baking: Preheat the oven to 350F. (300 F. for a convection oven). You
may heat the pan in advance with some bacon fat or oil or you can
grease the pan with oil, butter, or margarine and simply add the
batter. The hot fat sears the bottom and gives a nice flavor to the
bread; the cool pan gives a softer bottom.
Fill a 12"x12" pan only halfway as the bread will rise almost double.
Bake for about 35 minutes or until the center is springy and a
toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes
before serving. Honey or molasses may be served with it but most will
find it is best with butter or margarine.
Variations: This same batter can be made into muffins, deep-fried as
hush puppies (add a little more flour to the batter to stiffen it),
or pan-fried as pancakes or fritters. You can also bake in small
pancake-sized disks and store them for popping into the toaster later.
Source:
"Brother Juniper's Bread Book"
S(ISBN):
"0-201-62467-2"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 380 Calories; 1g Fat (1.8%
calories from fat); 8g Protein; 85g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber;
0mg Cholesterol; 813mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0
Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.