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Cornmeal Bread

August 30, 2013 by Cate 11 Comments

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Labor day weekend is here!  I always have such mixed emotions about this weekend – the end of summer is sad, but I LOVE fall.  It is my absolute favorite season.  I can’t wait for cooler temperatures, gorgeous fall leaves, and pumpkin everything!  TheBetterHalf can’t wait for Notre Dame football to start (tomorrow!).  But I will enjoy this one last summer weekend 🙂 I always love to bake bread when I have a little extra time on the weekends. If you are the same, I have a great recipe for you to try this long weekend!  The name is kind of confusing – this is NOT corn bread.  It is a fluffy yeast bread with cornmeal in the dough. It is very similar to white sandwich bread, but the cornmeal gives it a nice texture and flavor.  There is just a hint of sweetness from some dark brown sugar, which I always love in my bread.  We have been eating this bread all week for sandwiches and toast and have been loving it!  The recipe comes from a great little bread cookbook that my aunt gave me, Beard on Bread.  I have made so many delicious breads from this book. Hope you have a great long weekend, and Go Irish!  

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Cornmeal Bread
Recipe from Beard on Bread 

Ingredients
½ cup cornmeal
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
2 packages active dry yeast
½ cup warm water (100 – 115 degrees F)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 cup warm milk
2 teaspoons salt
¼ cup dark brown sugar
4 – 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Directions
Put the cornmeal and 1 teaspoon salt in a large mixing bowl and pour the boiling water over it. Stir vigorously until it cooks thick, about 3 minutes. Let it cool.

Mix the yeast and granulated sugar with ½ cup warm water and let it sit for about 5 minutes to proof. Pour it into the cornmeal and mix well. Add in the milk, 2 tsp salt, brown sugar, and 1 cup flour. Mix well. Keep adding flour 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. When the mixture comes together to form a dough, turn it out onto a floured board and knead for about 10 minutes, adding flour as needed, until the dough is smooth and elastic. (You can also knead this in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment for about 7 minutes.) When the dough is ready, butter a large bowl and place the dough in the bowl, turning the dough to coat with butter. Cover and let the dough rise until it has doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

Punch the dough down, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and cut it into 2 pieces. Shape them into loaves and place into two greased 9x5x3inch loaf pans. Cover the dough and let it rise until about the dough has doubled in size, it will be about level with the top of the pan, about 45 minutes.

About 20  minutes into the rise, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.  Bake the risen loaves for 10 minutes, then turn the oven down to 350 and bake for 15 – 25 minutes longer. The dough will be golden brown, and will register 190 – 200 degrees F. Turn the loaves out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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Filed Under: CateyLouBakes Tagged With: Baking, Bread, Bread Baking, CateyLouBakes, Cornmeal, Cornmeal Bread, Food, Recipes, Toast

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Comments

  1. Dimple@shivaaydelights says

    August 30, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    Looks great!

    Reply
    • CateyLou says

      August 30, 2013 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Barbara Bryant says

    August 30, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    Hi baby Cina and I used to make this all the time but called it polenta bread It was her fav Xoxoxox

    Sent from my iPad

    Reply
  3. Georgia | The Comfort of Cooking says

    August 30, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    This is such a perfect looking bread! I never knew you could get that consistency using cornmeal. Lovely!

    Reply
  4. mydearbakes says

    August 31, 2013 at 1:48 am

    What a lovely bake you have there! Awesome! =D

    Reply
  5. kalamitykelli says

    August 31, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Oh yay! I ate at a place recently in OKC called The Mule. It’s got great food and I had this incredible sandwich on this kind of bread. I wanted to make it but nothing I saw looked like it, until I saw this! Thank you. Now I can try to recreate the wonderful lunch I had there.

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    • CateyLou says

      September 4, 2013 at 9:57 am

      I’m so glad I could help! I hope the sandwich is amazing

      Reply
  6. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    Cornmeal in a bread?!? That’s a perfect loaf!!!

    Reply
    • CateyLou says

      September 4, 2013 at 9:55 am

      I know, I was so intrigued when I saw the recipe that I had to try it!

      Reply

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