Cornbread

Cornbread is a variety of quick bread (a bread leavened chemically, rather than by yeast) containing cornmeal.

Related Topics:
Quick bread - Cornmeal

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Cornbread is a traditional staple of rural cuisine in the United States of America, especially in the Southern United States. A typical contemporary northern US cornbread recipe contains half wheat flour, half cornmeal, milk, eggs, sugar, leavening agent and salt, resulting in a bread that is somewhat lighter and sweeter than its more traditional southern counterpart, which is normally made from a mixture of cornmeal, buttermilk, salt, eggs, lard or bacon fat, and leavening agent. This bread will tend to be denser, meant more as an accompaniment than as a bread meant to stand on its own.

Related Topics:
Rural - United States of America - Southern United States - Flour - Milk - Eggs - Sugar - Leavening agent - Salt - Buttermilk - Lard - Bacon

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Cornbread is a popular item in soul food enjoyed by many people for its texture and scent.

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