Skinny Cornbread Recipes

CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round cake pan with the cooking spray.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the butter over low heat until melted.
• In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, milk and egg with a fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once; stir just until the flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Pour batter into the pan; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl. Spread batter evenly in pan and smooth top of batter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

WEIGHT WATCHERS LIGHT & HEALTHY CLASSIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center and heat your oven to 400F degrees. Spray an 8-inch square (or 9-inch round) baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a small bowl, beat together the buttermilk and egg until they're well blended.
• Add the buttermilk mixture to the cornmeal mixture and stir just until everything is moistened. (Don't overmix or your cornbread will be tough.)
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly.
• Bake in the center of the oven until your cornbread is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
• Cut into 12 pieces.
• Serve warm.

MAKE-OVER CORN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Spray an 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl combine all the ingredients and mix with a spoon, it will be fluffy and you will think you did something wrong, don't worry, you are doing fine.
• Pour into baking dish and bake 55-60 minutes, or until the edges are golden.
• Let it cool a few minutes before cutting.

CORNMEAL CAKE (BOLO DE FUBá)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Spray a 13" x 9" x 2" baking pan with baking spray.
• Add milk, eggs, corn meal, sugar, flour, and butter to blender.
• Mix all ingredients until blended well (about 1 minute).
• Then add baking powder and grated Parmesan cheese and blend on lowest setting or pulse for a few seconds.
• Pour mixture into baking pan and bake at 350° F for 50 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes before serving (I like it warm).
• Cut into 21 pieces.

SKINNY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; stir in corn kernels.
• Whisk together creamed corn, sour cream, water, and egg in a separate bowl; stir into cornmeal mixture until a smooth batter forms. Pour 1/4 cup batter into each greased muffin cup.
• Bake in preheated oven, rotating muffin pan half way through to ensure even cooking, until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 25 to 30 minutes.

CORNBREAD WAFFLES

Steps:

• Preheat the waffle iron.
• In a large bowl combine the 1 3/4 C. flour, 1 1/4 C. cornmeal, 1 Tbsp. baking powder, 1 Tsp. sugar, and 1 Tsp. salt.
• Add 2 C. almond milk, 3 Tbsp. oil, and 2 eggs and stir until combined, but don't over-mix.
• Spray waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray (if required.) Pour about 1 C. batter onto hot waffle iron and cook in batches.
• Enjoy right away with chili over top or as a side for a bean soup!

CLASSIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and brush a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with vegetable oil.
• Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the egg, vegetable oil and buttermilk, then fold into the dry ingredients with a rubber spatula until just combined.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 15 minutes before serving.