Corn Bread With Fennel Seeds Dried Cranberries And Golden Raisins Recipes

CRANBERRY CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Stir cranberries with 1 tablespoon of sugar in a bowl. Whisk flour, cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Whisk milk, eggs, and melted butter together in a third bowl. Pour milk mixture into dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Stir cranberries into batter; pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until corn bread is golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely in pan before cutting into squares for serving.

CORN BREAD WITH FENNEL SEEDS, DRIED CRANBERRIES, AND GOLDEN RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter loaf pans and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together butter, eggs, and buttermilk in another bowl and add to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in raisins, cranberries, and fennel seeds.
• Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops, and let stand 10 minutes. Bake in middle of oven until tops are pale golden and a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes, then invert onto racks and cool completely.

CORNBREAD WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• *Note: you can mimic the flavor of Trader Joes' brand of orange flavored dried cranberries by stirring about 1/4 teaspoon of orange extract into the batter.
• CORNBREAD: Preheat oven to 375 degrees (190 degree C).
• In a small saucepan over medium low heat, melt [2 tablespoons] of butter and set aside. Cut up the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into an 8-inch cast iron skillet.
• Place pan in oven until it is hot and the butter is melted and sizzling, about 1-2 minutes (Watch carefully!) Using oven mitts, rotate the pan as need to coat bottom evenly with melted butter. Remove from oven.
• In large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Make a well in the center. Whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and beaten egg and pour it into the cornmeal mixture.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix the batter just until it comes together, okay to have some lumps. DO NOT overmix the batter.
• Coarsely chop the cranberries and stir them into the batter. Tip: to make chopping the cranberries easier, wet the knife on both sides. Spread batter evenly into the hot pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees until the top springs back when pressed gently in the center, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Best served warm.
• If desired, spread some of the maple butter onto each slice of cornbread.
• MAPLE BUTTER: Using a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, heat maple syrup until 235 degrees Fahrenheit (soft ball stage on a candy thermometer).
• Stir in butter.
• Pour mixture into a [deep] bowl (use a *deep* bowl to avoid splattering yourself with the hot liquid!), stir in the vanilla extract and beat with electric mixer until thick and creamy, about 4 minutes.
• Keep stored in glass container in the refrigerator.

SAGE CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• To prepare cornbread: Preheat oven to 450°F. Heat a medium cast-iron skillet in the oven for 10 minutes. If using butter or bacon fat, add it to the pan to melt.
• Meanwhile, combine cornmeal, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Lightly beat egg in a large measuring cup and stir in buttermilk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
• Pour the melted butter (or bacon fat or 2 tablespoons oil) into the batter. Stir to combine, then pour the batter back into the hot skillet. Bake the cornbread until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let dry in the pan on a wire rack overnight before making dressing.
• To prepare dressing: Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch (or similar 3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. Crumble the cornbread into a large bowl.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Add to the cornbread. Pour broth (or stock) over and add eggs, sage, thyme, pepper and salt. Stir well to combine. Transfer the dressing to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake until puffed and golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

CORNBREAD WITH FENNEL, DRIED CRANBERRIES & GOLDEN RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 371°F.
• Butter 2 loaf pans and dust with flour, knocking off the excess.
• Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk together melted butter, eggs and buttermilk in another bowl.
• Add wet mixture to dry, stirring until just combined. Stir in raisins, cranberries and fennel seeds.
• Divide batter between the pans, smoothing the tops and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Bake in middle of oven until the tops are golden and the tester comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes, then invert onto racks and cool completely.