Corn flour is protein and gluten free. At the same time, the baked goods have a sweetish taste. Baking powder or whipped egg whites should be added to these items for a softer, fluffier cornbread.
Recipe content:
- How to bake cornbread - secrets and subtleties of cooking
- Corn flour bread
- Homemade cornbread in a bread maker
- Oven cornmeal bread
- Cornmeal and Canned Corn Bread
- Video recipes
Those who have tried a cob of boiled milk corn will surely like its taste and aroma. However, meals made from corn grains leave a completely different impression. Perhaps, having tried them for the first time, they will seem pleasant taste and aroma, but the second time you will hardly want to try them. Well, perhaps only to satisfy hunger in the absence of an alternative. Based on this, we can conclude that corn is not a daily food. Heat treatment does not significantly affect its nutritional properties and digestibility.
Moreover, in Mexico, corn products are the main food. Cornbread, namely the thin tortilla or tortilla, is the basis of food. But recently, in our country, more and more people have begun to show interest in foreign home baking. One of these is cornmeal bread. How to cook it correctly, what this pastry is fraught with, what flour to choose and much more, read this review.
How to bake cornbread - secrets and subtleties of cooking
To bake homemade cornbread, you don't need to have an expensive bread maker in your kitchen arsenal. A lush and fragrant loaf is not difficult to make with your own hands. The main thing is to listen to the advice of experienced chefs.
- The first thing to note is that what is called cornbread is not made exclusively with cornmeal. Wheat flour is still added to the dough, and corn flour is added only for taste. All attempts to bake cornbread from cornmeal alone are doomed to failure - the dough won't rise anyway.
- The next point is leaven. All experiments to make sourdough on corn flour will end in failure. It is made from wheat flour and water.
- It is not advised to use the usual loosened for baking. It is advisable to make it yourself from baking soda, tartaric acid and starch.
- Some recipes contain corn starch or potato starch. Strictly observe all the subtleties indicated in the recipe. Otherwise, deviations from the recipe and a violation of the order of the product placement can play a fatal role.
- Products that were in the refrigerator must be heated to room temperature and only then used to prepare the dough.
Using these tips, you will have tender and delicious baked goods.
Baking cornmeal bread at home
Porous, fresh and mouth-watering - cornmeal bread. The baking recipe is very simple and easy to prepare. Even any novice hostess can handle it.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 269 kcal.
- Servings - 1 bread
- Cooking time - 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Corn flour - 1 tbsp.
- Milk - 1 tbsp.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- Soda - 3/4 tsp
- Sugar - 0.5 tsp
- Salt - 3/4 tsp
Step by step making cornmeal bread (classic recipe):
- Put the flour in a bowl and add the eggs.
- Heat the milk, pour into a bowl and season with salt. Stir lightly without beating.
- Add sugar and baking soda and stir again. No need to whip. The dough will turn out to be a liquid consistency.
- Grease the mold with vegetable oil and pour the dough.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the product for 35 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden splinter. After piercing the bread with it, the stick should remain dry.
- Remove the finished baked goods from the mold and leave to stand for a while.
Homemade cornbread in a bread maker
Bread on the table is a daily food. Moreover, nutritionists advise not to give it up, even to those who avoid eating baked goods. After all, you can opt for healthy bread - corn. And since you cannot find it in stores, we will prepare cornbread ourselves in a bread maker.
Ingredients:
- Corn flour - 1 tbsp.
- Wheat flour - 1 tbsp.
- Milk - 170 ml
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
- Salt - 3/4 tsp
- Sugar - 1 tbsp. l.
- Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp l.
- Dry yeast - 1 tsp.
Step-by-step preparation of corn bread in a bread maker:
- Pour milk and vegetable oil into the removable bowl of the bread maker.
- Add salt and sugar.
- Add corn and wheat flour.
- Add the poppy seeds. But it is possible without them, but with grains the product will be tastier, healthier and more beautiful.
- Add dry yeast.
- In this form, place the removable bowl in the bread maker. Switch on the "Basic" or "White bread" mode, depending on the type of appliance and wait for a characteristic sound signal.
- When you hear the beep, the cornbread is ready. Take it out of the bowl and cool.
Oven cornmeal bread
Corn bread has been cooked in the oven since time immemorial, but it came to our country relatively recently. At the same time, many have already managed to fall in love with their graininess and density.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 150 g
- Corn flour - 150 g
- Dry yeast - 10 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Milk - 250 ml
- Parmesan - 100 g
- Butter - 125 g
- Salt - 1/4 tsp
- Dried herbs (thyme, rosemary, marjoram, basil) - optional
Step by step to make cornmeal bread in the oven:
- Combine wheat and corn flour and add dry yeast.
- Melt the butter.
- Whisk the eggs and milk lightly.
- Pour melted butter into the milk and egg mixture.
- Combine the resulting liquid mass with flour and salt. Stir well.
- Grate Parmesan on a fine grater and add to the dough.
- Then add dried herbs and stir.
- Put the dough in a baking dish, which is pre-greased with butter and sprinkled with flour.
- Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and send the cornbread to the oven for 25-30 minutes. Check readiness with a toothpick: it must be dry.
Cornmeal and Canned Corn Bread
Corn kernels are an ingredient in healthy food preparation. Ripe corn cobs are a storehouse of useful vitamins and minerals. These products will make a great tasty product, like cornbread.
Ingredients:
- Corn flour - 1 tbsp.
- Buttermilk - 1 tbsp.
- Canned corn - 200 g
- Baking mixture - 2 tbsp
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
- Butter - 1 tbsp.
- Soda - 1 tsp
To make cornmeal and canned corn bread step by step:
- Melt the butter in a water bath until liquid.
- Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy.
- Add all the ingredients to the flour and knead the dough. The longer the dough is kneaded, the fuller the bread will turn out. It is best to use a mixer for this process.
- Grease a baking dish with butter and lay out the dough. Bake the bread in the oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Check the readiness with a stick: there should be no sticking on it.
- Serve chilled bread.
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