Sweet Cornbread (Bread Machine)

This tastes like the cornbread my gramma and mom make that's why I like it. It's a sweet cornbread but because you use brown sugar (we prefer dark brown.) it's a 'richer' sweet then white sugar...hope that makes sense! You can add corn to it if you wish. This is bread machine compatible to! Just follow your machines directions for the correct order of ingredients.

• Ready In: 1 hr 55 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1  cup cornmeal
• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  cup canned milk
• 1⁄4 cup  of melted butter or 1⁄4 cup olive oil or 1⁄4 cup  creamed corn
• 1⁄4-1⁄2 cup corn (If you are using the creamed corn in the above step then use only 1/4 cup of whole kernel ) (optional)

Directions

1. BREAD MACHINE: Add all ingredients to your bread machine pan in the order directed by your machines manual. I cook on the 'Quick Bread' setting also set for a 'medium' crust. Have been told that is equivalent to 'Cake' setting set for 'light' crust on some machines.
2. OVEN BAKE: Preheat oven to 350F (177C). Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Add corn last (if using) and mix in by hand. Pour equally into two loaf pans and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
3. This makes a 2 pound loaf for bread machine.