Best 20 Cornmeal Bread Recipes

FAVORITE CORNMEAL YEAST BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, sugar, butter, egg, cornmeal, salt and 1-1/2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. , Punch dough down. Divide in half and shape into two loaves. Place in greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

CRANBERRY-CORNMEAL QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add 3 tablespoons sugar, stirring until dissolved. Add cranberries, and stir to coat. Cook until cranberries begin to pop, about 1 minute. Pour into a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan, distributing cranberries evenly to cover bottom. Let cool.
• Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat remaining 1 1/2 sticks butter and 1/2 cup sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With machine running, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low, and slowly add flour mixture, mixing until combined. Fold in ginger. Pour mixture into pan over cranberries. Gently smooth top using an offset spatula.
• Place pan on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cool for 15 minutes. Invert pan to remove bread. Let cool completely on wire rack, cranberry side up.

PORTUGUESE CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir togethercornmeal and boiling water. Placebowl in an ice-water bath and letstand, stirring mixture a few times,until cold to the touch, about 10minutes. In a large bowl, whisktogether flour, salt, sugar, andyeast. Make a well in dry mixtureand add cornmeal mixture andcold water. Stir until a wet doughforms and no dry flour remains.Cover bowl with plastic wrap andlet rise at room temperature untildough quadruples in volume andtop appears bubbly, at least 12 hoursand up to 18 hours.
• Brush the bottom and sides of a 4-to-5-quart Dutch oven (about 9 1/2 inches in diameter), preferably enameled cast iron, with oil. Sprinkle generously with cornmeal and flour to ensure an even coating. With lightly oiled hands, punch down dough, pour out onto a clean work surface, and shape into a ball. Transfer to Dutch oven; lightly sprinkle top with more cornmeal and flour. Cover Dutch oven with plastic wrap and letrise at room temperature until doubled in volume, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees with rack in lower third. Using the tip of a sharp knife, slash top of dough in a few places to a depth of 1 inch. Lightly sprinkle top of dough with water. Cover Dutch oven with lid, transfer to oven, and reduce temperature to 450 degrees. Bake until bread is puffed and brown, 45 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until a thermometer inserted into center of loaf registers 190 degrees to 200 degrees, about 15 minutes more. Let cool in Dutch oven on a wire rack 15 minutes, then turn bread out onto rack and let cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing and serving. (Or store, unsliced and wrapped in parchment-lined foil at room temperature up to 3 days, or sliced and frozen up to 3 months.)

CORNMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. , Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

BLUE CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, pine nuts, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl to blend. Whisk milk, vegetable oil, eggs and buttermilk in medium bowl to blend. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients and whisk until just blended. Fold in corn kernels. Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cut bread into 2-inch squares and serve warm.
• *Blue cornmeal is available at natural foods stores and specialty foods stores.

BREAD MACHINE CRANBERRY CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except cranberries in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add cranberries at the Raisin/Nut signal or 5 to 10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.
• Select Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycles. Remove baked bread from pan, and cool on wire rack.

HONEY CORNMEAL YEAST BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water and let sit to proof some.
• In a large bowl combine the cornmeal and salt.
• Heat the milk (about 115 degrees), butter, and honey in a saucepan and add slowly to the cornmeal, stirring all the time.
• Add 3 cups of the flour and mix well.
• Add yeast mixture stirring well.
• Add the rest of the flour gradually to make a stiff dough.
• Knead 100 times and place in a greased bowl to rise till double--about 1 hour.
• Punch down and rise again till double for about 1/2-3/4 hour.
• Turn onto floured counter and divide into two pieces.
• Form into 2 loaves and put in greased pans.
• Rise again till double.
• Bake 375 degrees for about 40-45 minute.
• If they start getting too brown, cover with aluminum foil.

WHOLE WHEAT CORNMEAL MOLASSES BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in raisins.
• In a separate bowl, mash bananas and stir in molasses, honey, and buttermilk. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and stir only enough to blend.
• Pour into two 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 lightly greased loaf pans and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Lightly grease 2 loaf pans, 5 1/2 by 3 by 2 1/2 inches.
• In a bowl stir together warm water, yeast, and sugar and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, and salt and gradually stir into yeast mixture, stirring until a soft dough is formed. On a lightly floured work surface with floured hands knead dough 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic, and shape into a ball. Let dough rest, covered, 10 minutes.
• Form dough into 2 ovals. Transfer dough to loaf pans and let rise, covered loosely with plastic wrap, in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Bake loaves in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until tops are golden and bread pulls away slightly from sides of pans. Cool loaves in pans on a rack. (Bread may be made 1 day ahead and kept wrapped in plastic wrap at room temperature.)

CRANBERRY-CORNMEAL QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• Spray 9x5x3-inch metal loaf pan with nonstick spray.
• Whisk both flours, cornmeal, Splenda, salt, and baking powder in large bowl.
• Whisk buttermilk, melted margarine, maple syrup, egg whites, and extract in medium bowl.
• Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until blended.
• Stir in chopped pecans and the cranberries. Spoon batter into pan.
• Arrange pecan halves in row down center of batter.
• Bake bread until top is golden brown and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, tenting bread loosely with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 20 minutes. Turn out onto rack; cool.

YEASTED COUNTRY BREAD WITH CORNMEAL

Steps:

• Combine the yeast, sugar and water in a large bowl or the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and stir until dissolved. Add the all-purpose flour and stir together until smooth. Cover with plastic and let sit in a warm spot until bubbly, about 30 minutes.
• Stir the cornmeal into the sponge, then add the salt and the remaining flour, a cup at a time, and fold in until you can turn your dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. If using an electric mixer, add all the flour and the salt, and beat at low speed with the paddle attachment until combined. Change to the dough hook and beat at medium speed for 8 to 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape into a ball.
• Clean your bowl and oil lightly with olive oil. Place the dough in the bowl, rounded side down first, then rounded side up. Cover with plastic and set in a warm spot to rise for 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough and shape into a large round. With a razor or moistened serrated knife, slash an X across the top. Oil a baking sheet and sprinkle with cornmeal. Place the loaf on the baking sheet and cover with a damp towel. Leave until doubled in size, about 45 minutes to an hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Place the dough in the oven and set the timer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes turn the heat down to 400 degrees. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until the loaf responds to tapping with a hollow sound. Remove from the heat and allow to cool on a rack.

WHOLE WHEAT BREAD (WITH CORNMEAL)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Press Start.

CORNMEAL-CREME FRAICHE SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan, combine milk, butter, and salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to maintain simmer. Gradually whisk in cornmeal until mixture is thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; whisk in creme fraiche.
• In a large heatproof bowl, whisk together egg yolks and chives. Gradually whisk in cornmeal mixture; fold in corn.
• Butter a 9-inch round cake pan. Whisk egg whites on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 1 minute. Stir one-quarter of beaten whites into cornmeal mixture to loosen. Gently fold in remaining whites until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until puffed and lightly browned on top, about 40 minutes. Serve immediately.

CORNMEAL CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl (flours- sugar).
• Mix buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, vanilla and maple syrup in a small bowl.
• Add liquid ingredients to dry, mixing with a fork.
• Add in pecans and dried fruit of choice.
• Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray, bake for 1 hour or add 10 minutes, or until done.
• Cool on rack for 20 minutes, turn out of pan.

HONEY CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Mix the yeast and the warm water together to proof.
• In a separate bowl put the milk, salt, cornmeal, honey, and butter (make sure the butter melts in the hot milk); mix well.
• Add 3 cups of the flour and mix well.
• Add the proofed yeast and mix well.
• Add the rest of the flour gradually, mixing to make a good dough.
• Knead for about 10 minutes or 100 times.
• Put in oiled bowl and let rise till double.
• Punch down and rise again till double.
• Divide in half and place in two greased bread pans and rise again.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
• If the tops get browner than you like during the last part of baking, put foil around them.

CORNMEAL BANANA BREAD (HEALTHIER)

Steps:

• First melt your bananas in the microwave if you have not already done so. Set aside to cool to room temperature (this is important because otherwise your egg might curdle later on).
• Then combine flour, cornmeal, oat flour, oats, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a large bowl.
• In a second bowl combine bananas, almond butter, egg, milk and almond extract and mix well.
• Combine dry and wet ingredients and mix until just combined. The dough should be rather thick, but not dry. If needed add a splash more milk or two.
• Pour batter into a prepared loaf pan and bake in the pre-heated oven at 180 C/350 F for 35-40 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool completely and enjoy!

HONEY CRANBERRY CORNMEAL QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Arrange a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour one 9×5x3-inch loaf pan, or two slightly smaller loaf pans. I think mine are 8×4x3-inches and I made two smaller loaves. Set aside the greased and floured loaf pans. In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. In a smaller bowl whisk together honey, eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and stir just until blended. Fold in the cranberries and walnuts. Divide batter between two smaller loaf pans or into one large loaf pan. Spread evenly. Add the whole walnut halves and place in preheated oven. For smaller loaves bake for 40-50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes of clean. For the larger loaf, bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool loaves in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Invert onto a plate or board. Serve warm with butter or wrap and freeze for future you.

CRANBERRY-CORNMEAL QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Spray 9x5x3-inch metal loaf pan with nonstick spray. Whisk both flours, cornmeal, sugar, salt, and baking powder in large bowl. Whisk buttermilk, melted butter, maple syrup, eggs, and extract in medium bowl. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until blended. Stir in 3/4 cup chopped pecans and cranberries. Spoon batter into pan. Arrange pecan halves in row down center of batter.
• Bake bread until top is golden brown and paring knife inserted into center of bread comes out clean, tenting bread loosely with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 20 minutes. Turn out onto rack; cool.
• A LITTLE AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap bread in foil and store at room temperature.
• FURTHER AHEAD: Can be made and then frozen up to 2 weeks ahead. Wrap in foil, then place in resealable plastic bag.
• *White whole wheat flour is milled from 100 percent hard white wheat. It contains all of the germ and bran (and nutritional value) of regular whole wheat, but has a naturally lighter color and milder flavor. It's available at some supermarkets and specialty foods stores and from kingarthurflour.com.

CORNMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Combine the warm water, molasses, and active dry yeast in a glass measuring cup or small bowl. Stir with whisk until yeast dissolves, and then let stand about 5-10 min. until yeast proofs.
• 2. Add the oil to the yeast mixture. In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, salt, and about 2 cups of the flour. Add the yeast mixture, and stir to combine. Add flour a little at a time until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• 3. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface, adding flour if needed, until dough is smooth and elastic (8-10 min.). Put dough in an oiled bowl (or spray with cooking spray), and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap or damp towel, and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled.
• 4. When doubled in size, deflate dough, and shape into loaf. Place loaf in a greased 9 x 5 in. loaf pan, cover, and let rise until it's about 1/2 in. above the pan. Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool. For a softer crust, brush top lightly with melted butter after baking.

SOURDOUGH CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to bread machine and set on basic cycle.
• Adjust consistency with milk while dough is kneading.