Corn bread

As we are leaving to India coming Sunday , I am in the process of using up all leftover veggies and stuff in my refrigerator. As I was making a list of items in my pantry to be finished, i was astonished at the number of items I had. The list was pretty long, and this corn bread came into existence as I had to finish up some cornmeal. They were too good and they go well with any soup. Googling through a number of recipes, I came up with a recipe of my own.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour - 1 cup

Coarse stone-ground cornmeal - 1 cup

Granulated sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1 tablespoon

Baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Canola oil 2 spoons

Butter at room temperature - 2 tablespoons

Buttermilk - 1 cup

Large eggs - 2

Lemon zest - 1/4 teaspoon (optional)

Fresh corn - 1/2 cup (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degree F.

Butter and flour a loaf pan of about 9x5 inches.

In a large bowl, combine together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another vessel, whisk together oil, butter, buttermilk, eggs and lemon zest. Add to the flour mixture and stir quickly until well combined. Stir in the fresh corn if desired. Transfer the mixture to the buttered and floured loaf pan.

Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until the top is golden and a skewer inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. If it needs to bake longer but the top is already golden, then place a a piece of tin foil over the top of the bread to prevent further browning. Transfer the pan to a rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing and placing on a wire rack to cool. Serve hot with some butter.

We had warm corn bread along with some hearty soup for a fulfilling dinner.

Sending this to AWED : American hosted by dear Dhivya.

The following are my entries to AWED :American

Cinnamon bread toast

Pear Walnut Cake

Chocolate chip banana muffin

Cream of Mushroom soup

Granola breakfast bars

Sour cream corn cranberry muffins

Apple pie

Carrot muffins

Chocolate chip cookies

Bean burger patties

Coleslaw

Banana bread

Whole wheat pancakes

Vanilla apple cake

Apple sauce

Microwave brownies

Creamy broccoli soup

And finally, the voting for the Diet Foods event is over. Mahimaa of Indian Vegetarian kitchen won the poll hands down!! Congrats Mahimaa. Thanks to everyone who voted :)