Good-for-You Cornbread Recipe

 

 

Good-for-You Cornbread

This is not only good for you, but good in you—making it a healthy comfort food.

1 cup cornmeal 1 cup flour ¼ cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup low-fat (1%) buttermilk 1 egg, whole ¼ cup margarine, regular, tub 1 teaspoon vegetable oil (to grease baking pan)

1                     . P reheat oven to 350 o F

2                     Mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder.

3                     In another bowl, combine buttermilk and egg. Beat lightly.

4                     Slowly add buttermilk and egg mixture to dry ingredients.

5                     Add margarine and mix by hand or with mixer for 1 minute.

6                     Bake for 20–25 minutes in an 8 x 8-inch, greased baking dish. Cool. Cut into 10 squares.

 

 

Yield: 10 servings Serving size: 1 square Calories 178 Total Fat 6 g Saturated Fat 1 g Cholesterol 22 mg Sodium 94 mg Total Fiber 1 g Protein 4 g Carbohydrates 27 g Potassium 132 mg

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