Cornbread
A simple recipe for cornbread. Cut into squares and serve cornbread with chilli con carne, a bowl of soup or chowder.
Ingredients
Makes: 1 (20cm) square tin
- 120g polenta (cornmeal)
- 125ml milk
- 100g butter or margarine
- 100g caster sugar
- 175g plain flour
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 250ml milk
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease a 20cm square tin thoroughly.
- Combine polenta and milk. Sieve flour, baking powder and salt. Stir together the egg and milk.
- Cream margarine and blend in sugar. Stir flour mixture and egg mixture alternately into creamed mixture alternately. Blend in polenta mixture.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
Tip
You can cut down on the sugar to just a couple of tablespoons if you prefer your cornbread less sweet.
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Just used a few tablespoons of sugar. Mixed dry ingredients in one bowl, wet (plus melted butter) in another and combined slowly. Make sure not to overmix. It came out beautifully. - 27 Nov 2012
The two separate quantities of milk seems a bit ambiguous. - 11 Mar 2016
Made it with light brown sugar - 30 Oct 2015