Cornmeal Harvest Loaves Recipes

HARVEST LOAF

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar, mixing well. Blend in eggs.
• To the butter and sugar mixture add flour mixture and pumpkin alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
• Spoon into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 60 minutes. Test periodically with a toothpick or cake tester until it comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire rack.

MARTHA STEWART'S CORNMEAL LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 9X5-inch loaf pan. Dust with sugar and flour, tapping out excess; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter until smooth. Add 1 cup sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
• In a bowl, whish together flour, cornmeal, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, and lemon juice.
• With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in two batches, alternating with the buttermilk mixture. Beat until just combined, scraping bowl as needed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until center is springy to the touch, about 55 minutes; drape with foil if top browns to quickly. Let cool 10 minutes in pan; invert cake onto a wire rack. reinvert and cool completely.

CORNMEAL HARVEST LOAVES

Steps:

• In bowl of a standing electric mixer (or a large bowl if kneading by hand) stir together lukewarm water, sugar, yeast, and 1 cup cornmeal and let stand until foamy about 5 minutes. In another bowl stir together flour and salt and gradually stir enough flour mixture into cornmeal mixture to form a soft dough. With dough hook knead dough, adding any remaining flour mixture if dough is too sticky, 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. (Alternatively, dough may be kneaded on a floured surface with floured hands until smooth and elastic, 10 to 15 minutes.)
• Put dough in an oiled deep bowl, turning to coat with oil. Cover bowl loosely and let dough rise in a warm place 2 hours, or until doubled in bulk. (Alternatively, dough may be allowed to rise, covered, in refrigerator overnight.)
• Punch down dough and divide into 4 pieces. Roll each piece between hands to form a 14-inch loaf and put 2 loaves on each of 2 large baking sheets. With a knife or kitchen scissors make eight to ten 2-inch-long diagonal cuts down length of each loaf and pull open to make decorative holes (exaggerate openings as they will become smaller during rising and baking).
• Cover loves loosely and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Sprinkle loaves with remaining 2 tablespoons cornmeal and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven 25 minutes, or until golden, switching baking sheets between upper and lower oven racks halfway through baking. Cool loaves on racks.