Chili Cheese Cornbread (Low Fat)

Submitted by Annacia

"This is just plain tasty. I consider it to be diabetic friendly too. It's excellent with chili or bean soup."

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 egg white
• 1⁄4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, low fat preferred
• 2 tablespoons chopped mild green chilies (or to taste, I use Ortega brand in a can)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Coat an 8 inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust with 2 tablespoons of cornmeal.
3. Sift into a large bowl the remaining cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour.
4. In another bowl, combine buttermilk, eggs, cheese and chilies, then stir into the dry ingredients.
5. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan .
6. Bake 18 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Makes 12 2 inch pieces.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

Loved this cornbread! The chilies and cheese send it over the top! I made these in muffin tins (no papers) so I could freeze some since I am the only one who eats cornbread. Served it with chili tonight for a nice cozy meal. Made for Best of 2011 Cookbook Tag.

 

[Lalaloula]

This cornbread is AMAZING!!!! Mmm, its so moist, fluffy and yummy! It has such a great cheesy, spicy taste, we could not get enough of it. :)<br/>I used whole spelt flour and fresh green chillies. Instead of the egg white I used applesauce and reduced the buttermilk to 1 cup. I found that I needed to bake the bread 5 minutes longer, but other than that everything was spot on. <br/>THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing such a great, great keeper with us, Annacia. I think Ive found my new favourite cornbread. :)<br/>Made and reviewed for I Recommend Tag July 2011.

 

[loof751]

This is a very nice cornbread! I used the lower-fat ingredients as specified and added a few more green chilis than called for just because I love the flavor. This had a nice, moist texture and didn't really taste lowfat :) Thanks for posting this recipe!

 

[justcallmetoni]

Made this to accomapany Recipe #58370 and it was really good as low fat cornbread goes. (For the unitiated, it is different.) I used freshly roasted poblano chiles in lieu of the canned stuff and real buttermilk. The cheese in this was hard to really detect and next time I would skip it altogether and maybe add chopped scallions or canned corn instead. I liked that this was more cornmeal than flour as it creates a denser more substantial square which I prefer to the cake-like cornbread. Thanks A!

 

[brookeba]

i put way too much chili peppers...maybe only 1/2tbsp of dried chili peppers and more cheese.