Marbled Maple Butter Cornbread Recipes

MAPLE BUTTER CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease or spray bottom of 8-inch cast-iron skillet. Heat skillet in oven about 10 minutes or until hot. (Or an 8-inch square pan can be used; no preheating required in oven.)
• In medium bowl, mix all ingredients except chili. Pour into skillet.
• Bake about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen sides with knife, and carefully remove from skillet to cooling rack to cool. Serve with chili.

CORNBREAD MUFFINS WITH MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• For maple butter:
• Using electric mixer, beat butter in medium bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in maple syrup until well blended and smooth. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• For muffins:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 12 regular (1/3-cup) muffin cups. Sift cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Whisk buttermilk and egg in another medium bowl; whisk in melted butter. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients; stir just until incorporated (do not overmix). Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 15 minutes (muffins will be pale). Cool on rack 10 minutes. Serve with maple butter.

REDSTONE RESTAURANT FAMOUS CORNBREAD WITH MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix together all ingredients in the order given.
• Pour into greased 8" or 9" iron skillet.
• Bake 35 minutes. Insert toothpick- if it comes out clean the corn bread is done. If not, continue baking & check every 5 minutes with a toothpick.
• Serve warm with Maple Butter.
• MAPLE BUTTER:.
• Allow butter to soften to room temperature.
• In mixer, (use a paddle attachment if available) whip butter & Salt until creamy.
• Slowly drizzle syrup into mixture until well blended.

MAPLE-BUTTER GLAZED CORN BREAD

Steps:

• NOTE: USE REAL BUTTER AND PURE MAPLE SYRUP (DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT USING MARGARINE AND IMITATION MAPLE PANCAKE AND WAFFLE SYRUP!). (STEP ONE): PREHEAT oven to 400°F for sheet cornbread OR 350°F for muffins; BUTTER an 8"x8" square glass baking dish or a 9"x9" glass pie plate (OR grease, then add liners, in up to 18 muffin cups).
• COMBINE the dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl (1 cup yellow cornmeal, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon).
• WHISK the wet ingredients well in a small mixing bowl (3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk, 3/4 cup grade A pure maple syrup, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 1 lightly beaten large egg).
• ADD the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; STIR just until blended (IF PREPARING MUFFINS, LET BATTER REST 3-4 MINUTES, RE-STIR, THEN FILL MUFFIN CUPS.
• SCRAPE batter into prepared baking dish, or equally into muffin cups, using a flexible spatula.
• BAKE sheet cornbread on center rack at 400°F for 20-25 minutes, OR muffins at 350°F for 18-20 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• MEANWHILE, prepare the MAPLE-BUTTER GLAZE: In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon salted real butter. Add 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup. Stir as needed, until flavors meld and consistency is smooth, about 3 minutes. Keep warm on lowest heat.
• IMMEDIATELY after baking while wearing oven mitts, baste the MAPLE-BUTTER GLAZE quickly, neatly and evenly over top of corn bread using a soft pastry brush.
• COVER baking tin with a foil tent (don't allow tent to touch cornbread or muffins), sealing the edges tightly; LET stand for 10 minutes.
• SERVE warm and enjoy.

MARBLED MAPLE BUTTER CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Make the Maple-Butter Swirl: Whisk syrup, butter, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl until combined. Gradually whisk in flour until incorporated. Make the cornbread: Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking dish with butter. Whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter, and syrup in a separate large bowl until evenly combined. Gradually whisk wet mixture into dry mixture until evenly incorporated Transfer batter to prepared baking dish and smooth the top. Dollop Maple-Butter Swirl all over top of batter and, using the tip of a knife (don't go too deep), swirl to create a marbled effect. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving