Green Onion- Jalapeno Cornbread

Leslie in Texas's Note:

This is cornbread with a little ZIP! It goes great with ham or BBQ of any kind. Also good with hearty soups. From a Bon Appetit booklet "Parties for Every Season".

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup yellow cornmeal
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup thinly sliced green onion
• 2 teaspoons minced jalapeno chile , with seeds
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ cup unsalted butter , melted and cooled (1/2 stick)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
3. Whisk flour,cornmeal,sugar,salt,baking powder and baking soda in large bowl to blend.
4. Whisk buttermilk and eggs in medium bowl to blend, then whisk in melted butter.
5. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until blended (do not overmix).
6. Transfer batter to prepared pan (batter will come up only about 3/4 inch up sides of pan).
7. Bake cornbread until lightly browned on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
8. Transfer pan to rack and cool cornbread completely in pan.
9. (Cornbread can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover tightly with foil and store at room temperature.).

Reviews

[wildheart]

This is absolutely delicious, we did add just a bit more jalepeno than called for. Baked it in a huge ole iron skillet, raised the temp to 450 and it was just perfect. turned it over and plopped it out on the tray pretty as a picture. YUM.