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Corn Bread

A simple cornmeal batter mixed with salt, baking powder, and water, baked until done.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Corn Bread

Corn Bread

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the batter

  1. Sift the cornmeal into a bowl.

  2. Add salt and baking powder, then mix in enough water to create a thin batter.

Rise and bake

  1. Cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rise.

  2. Once risen, stir the batter well.

  3. Pour the batter into a baking pan and bake at 300°F (150°C) until done.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Cornmeal
Forms the bulk of the bread, giving it its grainy structure and corn flavour.
Baking powder
Releases gas that lifts the batter so it rises and bakes lighter.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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