Fat Free Cornbread

Goodheart's Note:

This is my own variation of a great healthy recipe published by Dr. Dean Ornish. I love this with bean soups. The 7x9 pan fits perfectly in the toaster oven. A jar of applesauce goes bad quickly in my home, so I started buying the 6 packed individuals.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole grain yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup vanilla soymilk
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 egg whites

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Spray a 7 x 9 nonstick pan lightly with nonstick spray.
3. In a medium bowl, stir flour, cornmeal and baking powder together.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together milk, applesauce and egg whites.
5. Preheat the pan 1 minute, not to burn the spray.
6. Lightly stir all ingredients to a lumpy blend in the large bowl and pour into preheated pan.
7. Bake 20 minutes or until top is lightly browned.

Reviews

[brokenburner]

I'm not sure if I'm just not accustomed to cornbread, or if I just expected something sweeter... but we all found this to be rather bland. It wasn't BAD, exactly, it just didn't taste like much at all. It would make a great vehicle for a spicy accompaniment, though. I did use whole wheat flour and replace part of the cornmeal with corn kernels, and I used soymilk. I thought the 7x9 pan was too large, though less so after it baked because it rose some. The recipe did make eight VERY generous portions! Thanks for posting.

[mydesigirl]

Very good cornbread!! I made this to go with our St Pat's dinner and it complimented it perfectly! Very easy to put together. I didn't have a 7x9 pan and I forgot to preheat the pan but all worked out fine. I used an 8x8. Thanks for the keeper!! :)