Cornmeal Molasses Bread Food

OATMEAL MOLASSES BREAD - NO YEAST QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine milk, oats, molasses and oil in a bowl.
• Measure flours by lightly spooning into measuring cups and levelling with a knife. As you may know, "scooping" flour will cause you to use too much.
• Whisk or sift together flours, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir just until combined.
• Add raisins, stirring "until the dough pulls together in a shaggy mass". The original recipe suggests a wooden spoon for this.
• Split dough in half. With each half, turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 1 minute. Expect the dough to be sticky and wet. Form into a 6-inch round loaf and place on a baking tray sprinkled with cornmeal.
• Make 3, 1/4 inch deep, diagonal cuts across each loaf.
• Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes, then for 15 minutes more at 375°F These loaves will look browned before they are actually finished, so test for doneness by "knocking" on the bottom of the loaf. It will sound hollow when finished.
• Let stand about 15 minutes before slicing to serve.

CORNMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. , Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

CORNMEAL-MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut parchment paper into twelve 5-by-5-inch squares. Lightly grease the inside of a 12-cup muffin tin. Center a square of parchment paper over 1 of the cups and use your fingers to press the parchment into the cup, so that it sticks to the sides and bottom. Crease the paper as needed to fit and repeat with the remaining parchment (regular muffin liners work just as well but the parchment looks pretty).
• Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in a large bowl.
• Whisk together the yogurt, applesauce, molasses, orange zest, eggs and butter in a separate small bowl.
• Fold the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined (don't fret if the batter is lumpy, this means your batter isn't over-mixed).
• Fill each liner almost to the top of the tin (an ice-cream scoop lightly greased with nonstick spray will help). Sprinkle each muffin with the toasted oats.
• Bake, rotating about halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the muffins comes out clean and the tops are just slightly puffed and spring back when touched, 20 to 24 minutes. Let rest in the hot muffin pan 3 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack and let cool 30 minutes. Store the cooled muffins in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

CORNMEAL MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• Combine the warm water, molasses, and active dry yeast in a glass measuring cup or small bowl. Stir with whisk until yeast dissolves, and then let stand about 5-10 min. until yeast proofs.
• Add the oil to the yeast mixture. In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, salt, and about 2 cups of the flour. Add the yeast mixture, and stir to combine. Add flour a little at a time until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface, adding flour if needed, until dough is smooth and elastic (8-10 min.). Put dough in an oiled bowl (or spray with cooking spray), and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap or damp towel, and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled.
• When doubled in size, deflate dough, and shape into loaf. Place loaf in a greased 9 x 5 in. loaf pan, cover, and let rise until it's about 1/2 in. above the pan. Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool. For a softer crust, brush top lightly with melted butter after baking.

CORNMEAL MOLASSES SKILLET ROLLS

Steps:

• Place boiling water in small bowl. Slowly add cornmeal, stirring constantly, until well mixed. Add molasses, 3 tablespoons butter and salt. Stir until butter is melted. Stir in egg; mix well. Set aside.
• Combine warm water and yeast in another small bowl. Stir until yeast is dissolved.
• Place flour in large bowl. Add cornmeal and yeast mixtures; stir until soft dough forms. Turn dough onto well-floured surface. Knead with well-floured hands until ball forms (1 to 2 minutes). (Dough will be sticky.) Cut dough into 16 pieces with sharp knife.
• Shape each piece of dough into ball with well-floured hands. Place balls into well greased 10-inch cast iron skillet or 9-inch round baking pan. Cover; let rise in warm place until double in size (30 to 45 minutes).
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Bake rolls for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and rolls sound hollow when tapped. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack. Brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Serve warm.

MOLASSES CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400° F. and butter a 9-by-5-by-3 inch loaf pan.
• Into a large bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and whisk in cornmeal and sugar until combined well. In a bowl whisk together milk, molasses, and egg until just combined. Add butter to flour mixture and with an electric mixer beat until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Beat in milk mixture until just combined.
• Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool corn bread in pan on a rack 10 minutes and turn out onto rack to cool completely. Corn bread may be made 2 days ahead and kept, wrapped in plastic wrap, in a cool, dry place.

OATMEAL MOLASSES QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist; stir in raisins. Stir with a wooden spoon until dough pulls together in a shaggy mass. Let rest 2 minutes.
• Turn half of dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 1 minute with floured hands (dough will feel tacky); shape dough into a 6-inch round loaf. Place on a baking sheet dusted with cornmeal. Repeat procedure with remaining dough. Make 3 diagonal cuts 1/4-inch deep across top of each loaf using a sharp knife.
• Bake at 400° for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375° (do not remove loaves from oven); bake an additional 15 minutes or until bottom of each loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.

WHOLE WHEAT CORNMEAL MOLASSES BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in raisins.
• In a separate bowl, mash bananas and stir in molasses, honey, and buttermilk. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and stir only enough to blend.
• Pour into two 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 lightly greased loaf pans and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.