Golden Crust Applesauce Cornbread

Marie's Note:

This is an easy, quick recipe for cornbread and the applesauce adds a touch of sweetness. Great served with soup or chili.

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

Ingredients:

Servings: 9

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. Lightly grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.
3. In a bowl, mix together flour, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
4. In a separate bowl, stir together milk, eggs, and applesauce.
5. Fold the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix together well.
6. Pour the mixture into baking pan.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Lalaloula]

I made half the recipe and got 5 nicely sized muffins out of it.
I used whole spelt flour in place of the ap and white cornmeal since thats what I had on hand.
As the other reviwers suggested I reduced the oven temperature to 400°F and that worked out very well.
I loved how moist and soft this cornbread turned out and its nice fruity taste. What a treat! I will certainly make this again.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your recipe here with us, Marie!
Made and reviewed for the Soup and Breads Event in the Photo Forum and the Diabetic Warmin Up Event January 2011.

[fllexianti]

as the name suggest golden crusted applesauce cornbread made my day today. I wanted to use the applesauce which I had and also i wanted to add milk instead of the traditional buttermilk. I adapted your recipe and made it a savoury cornbread as my family does not like sweet. The changes I made are I omitted the baking powder, added brown sugar instead of white. For the savoury masala : In a pan i added two teaspoons of oil. spluttered some cummin seeds. added four cloves of chopped garlic, sauteed for 2 sec, then added half a chopped capsicum sauteed and then added one chopped tomato, half cup of chopped fenugreek leaves. After 5 min added 1 teaspoon chilli powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt (salt is also there in the bread recipe where I added a pinch) kept on the fire for a few minutes. total time on fire 10 minutes. Then cooled the masala. I added this masala in to the cornbread batter just before putting the pan in oven. It was yummy!!! the applesauce turned it a bit sweet but was balanced by the masala.

[ladypit]

While we liked the results on this, I had some problems getting it to cook properly. At the assigned time it was very dark but still ooshy-gooshy in the middle. I turned the temp. down and cooked it for another 10 minutes. The results were ok. Not very sweet though moist and good dunked into soup. I did like that there was so little fat. Thanks for a good one to try.