Good-For-You Cornbread

Submitted by Barb G.

"This is not only good for you, but also good in you--Making it a healthy comfort food. The recipe comes from HeartHealth.com."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup 1% fat buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 (1/4 cup) container margarine
• 1 teaspoon canola oil (to grease pan or use pan spray)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°f.
2. Mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar,and baking powder;In another bowl, combine buttermilk and egg, beat lightly.
3. Slowly add buttermilk and egg mixture to dry ingredients; add margarine, and mix by hand or mixer for 1 minute.
4. Pour mixture into an 8x8-inch greased baking dish, bake for 20 to 25 minutes, cool, cut into 10 squares.

Reviews

[whtbxrmom]

This was good for a healthier version of corn bread. However I had to use a lot of butter on my piece, other wise it was a little on the dry side and not as flavorful as my normal corm muffins. It probably wasn't any healthier by the time I was done. I served with a mexican casserole.

 

[senseicheryl]

This was my first attempt at baking a cornbread. I was trying to find one that is similar to a hometown diner in Seaville, NJ called Dino's. This was not the one but pretty good, nonetheless. I baked this up today for the Zaar Healthy ABC game. Here are a few notes that I made and this may have made the difference in the recipe: 1) I used Whole Wheat Flour, 2) Splenda, 3) 2% buttermilk (that's all I could find), 4) liquid egg whites, 5) real butter and 6) Pam w/flour instead of the oil to grease my pan. Thank you for the recipe but I am going to keep searching...one additional note: I think this bread would be very tasty with a chili or something of that nature. Thanks for posting!

 

[BowerBird]

This is the first time I have made cornbread, and Barb, your recipe was wonderful! My 6yo son gobbled up 3 pieces, and asked me if I would make it again soon - you have a winner with us, thank you so much for sharing this terrific recipe. It's a keeper!

 

[Kasha]

Really nice, and the only recent cornbread recipe DH commented on that he liked. I threw in some wheat bran, which gave it a freckled look. Also I used two whites instead of a whole egg. Really good. Good leftover too, if you heat it in the microwave for a few seconds. Thanks!

 

[chia2160]

this is one of the best cornbreads i have made in a long time. it is moist, just the right sweetness and texture for breakfast, as well as part of dinner. not at all spicy, i bet this batter would be great for corn muffins too. the only change i made at the last minute was to find that i only had self rising flour and no all purpose ( i think i used that up when i subbed it for cake flour in your pound cake, lol). so i just substituted it and didn't add the baking powder. we loved this recipe.