In the world there are a large number of different varieties of flour. Now many housewives use in their kitchen not only wheat, but also corn, and buckwheat flour, as well as other varieties. Cornmeal is yellow and granular, but it does not contain gluten, and it is difficult to make good dough out of it. Therefore, when preparing bread or rolls, corn flour must be mixed with wheat. Then the dough will turn out soft and airy.
Also, products from cornmeal are very useful for the body. They help reduce the risk of developing a number of diseases, such as diabetes. The only negative is that the bread made from cornmeal, cooked in the oven, is contraindicated for people with liver disease or gastritis. At the same time, the baking itself acquires a golden yellow color, which gives the flour product an original look.
Ingredients for Corn Bread Recipe
To bake such bread, you will need:
- 1 cup cow's milk 3% fat;
- 50 ml extra virgin olive oil;
- mold release oil;
- 1 glass of water;
- 200 g of wheat flour;
- 1 tablespoon of sugar;
- 50 g dry yeast;
- 400 g of cornmeal.
Getting down to cooking
Let's do the dough for our test. Pour a glass of warm water into a bowl and add yeast. Water should not be very hot, otherwise the yeast will not work. Previously, you need to crumble or cut the yeast, as you wish. Then add a teaspoon of granulated sugar and mix well so that there are no lumps. Now add a tablespoon of flour and mix again, and then put it aside. If a white bubble wrap appears on the yeast, this means that they have risen.
While our dough is coming, we’ll do the rest of the cooking. Pour a glass of milk into a deep bowl. It should be warm, but by no means hot, otherwise our yeast will curl up and the dough will be spoiled. Slightly add milk and add the raised mass, mix. Now add the olive oil. If it is not, then you can replace the sunflower. And if desired, you can mix two types of oil together.
Now you need to add the cornmeal. When using it, it does not matter what grinding it is - large or small. So use the one you have. Pour the flour into a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Now add the sifted wheat flour through a sieve and knead thoroughly with your hands. When the dough becomes uniform and elastic, push it to the side. Leave our dough for about an hour to rise. When it rises, it must again be thoroughly kneaded with hands and set aside.
How to bake
When the dough is ready, let’s take care of the corn bread baking dish. It must be well lubricated with oil, and then filled with dough, but so that it does not reach the edge by about 1 cm. If you do not leave a place, then when cooking it will come out of the edges of the form and you will not get a beautiful loaf.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and send the corn bread to bake. When the bread is browned, you need to remove it from the oven and check with a match for readiness. Just pierce the bread and see if the dough is left on the match. If not, then the bread is ready, and if so, then you need to put it back in the oven. The approximate time for making bread is 30-40 minutes. The bread is ready.
Cooking corn bread recipe in a bread maker
If you don’t have time to cook such bread in the oven or if you don’t want to bother with the dough, then you can cook it in a bread machine. In it, any pastries are very tasty, fragrant and fresh. Since olive oil can be used in the recipe, which is not to everyone's liking, it can be replaced with ordinary sunflower.
Components:
- 2 glasses of water;
- 1 spoon of fine salt;
- 300 g of wheat flour;
- 0.5 sachet of yeast;
- 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil;
- 120 g of cornmeal.
Products for making corn bread should be placed as indicated in the instructions for your bread maker. In our case of cooking, pour warm water into the container, and then vegetable oil. Now pour sugar and salt. Sift the flour and gradually pour into a container of water so that the mixed flour covers the water. Now make a small depression in the flour with a spoon. Add dry yeast. Set the desired mode and start the bread machine. In this case, the French bread mode is ideal. With this method, you do not need to check the readiness of the bread - the technique will do everything itself. You can also choose how much the bread should be toasted.
Bread in a bread maker spends less energy, and tastes no different from cooked bread in the oven. After all, there is nothing better than a freshly baked home product. Such pastries will serve as an excellent addition to the table.
Useful Tips
To make the pastry tasty, you should adhere to several rules:
- Before preparing corn bread, make sure that the flour is not expired, otherwise the baking will be bitter.
- If you have dough left after making bread, make pigtails out of it and sprinkle with caraway seeds or sesame seeds. Bake billets in the oven. Such a treat will appeal to children.
- To give the bread or bun a brighter yellow color, you can add turmeric. It will also give the dish an unusual flavor.
- If you wish, you can add raisins or cheese to baking. This will make her even more appetizing.