Parmesan and Bacon Cornbread
It’s
fun to experiment with cornbread. Add your favorites to a cornbread
recipe—and you can really be creative. Try sun-dried tomatoes,
salami, green peppers, cheddar, or mushrooms. Think of your favorite
pizza and add some of the same ingredients to cornbread.
In this savory version, we added crisply cooked bacon,
onions, basil, and parmesan cheese. We loved it. Incidentally, this
bread with the aromas of bacon, onions, parmesan, and basil smells absolutely
wonderful while baking.
Parmesan and Bacon Cornbread Recipe
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Ingredients
1/2 to 2/3 cups crisply-cooked bacon pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon dry, crushed basil
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cup milk
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup diced onion
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a nine-inch
pan by greasing well. (We baked this bread in a nine-inch
springform pan with a glass base.)
1. Mix the flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, baking powder,
and basil in a medium bowl.
2. Mix the bacon pieces, melted butter, eggs, milk, cheese, and onion
together in another bowl. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add
the wet ingredients to the dry. Stir together until mixed.
3. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes
or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
If baked in a deeper pan or a light colored pan, it may take longer
to bake. Cool on a wire rack for ten minutes and serve warm.
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