Cranberry Cornbread

Side Dish

Recipe courtesy of New York Times and reprinted in The Best American Recipes: 2004 - 2005 cookbook

Serves 12

Ingredients: 
  • butter for the pan
  • 1 cup cranberries, rinsed and picked over
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup stone-ground cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Cranberry Cornbread

Cranberry Cornbread 

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Method: 

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 400˚F. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. Cut each cranberry in half (do not use food processor as you don't want purée). Place cranberries in a large bowl with confectioners' sugar and toss to coat.

Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt; stir into cranberries.

Warm the milk slightly in the microwave (this will keep the melted butter from hardening; don't get it hot enough to cook the egg); whisk in egg and melted butter. Pour the liquid over the cranberry/cornmeal mixture and fold together gently but thoroughly. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 35 minutes (depending on your oven).

Cut into squares and serve warm or allow to cool in pan on a wire rack.

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