Corn Bread with Fennel Seeds, Dried Cranberries, and Golden Raisins

Name: Corn Bread with Fennel Seeds, Dried Cranberries, and Golden Raisins
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk; 118 milliliters dried cranberries, coarsely chopped; 2 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps fennel seeds, coarsely crushed with a mortar and pestle or pulsed in an electric coffee/spice grinder; 315 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters golden raisins, coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 158 milliliters yellow cornmeal (not coarse)

Corn Bread with Fennel Seeds, Dried Cranberries, and Golden Raisins might be just the bread you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 328 calories, 6g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. A mixture of cranberries, fennel seeds, buttermilk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter loaf pans and dust with flour, knocking out excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt in a large bowl.

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Baking Powder

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Pop

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Bowl

Whisk together butter, eggs, and buttermilk in another bowl and add to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in raisins, cranberries, and fennel seeds.

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Fennel Seeds

Cranberries

Buttermilk

Raisins

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops, and let stand 10 minutes.

Bake in middle of oven until tops are pale golden and a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes, then invert onto racks and cool completely.

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Oven

• Corn bread can be baked 3 days ahead and kept, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, at room temperature.• Corn bread can also be made in 2 (8- by 4- by 3-inch) metal loaf pans and baked about 35 minutes.

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Cornbread

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Loaf Pan

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 1teaspoons

baking soda 355milliliters

well-shaken buttermilk 118milliliters

dried cranberries, coarsely chopped 2larges

eggs 2Tbsps

fennel seeds, coarsely crushed with a mortar and pestle or pulsed in an electric coffee/spice grinder 315milliliters

all-purpose flour 118milliliters

golden raisins, coarsely chopped 1teaspoons

salt 79milliliters

sugar 177milliliters

1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled 158milliliters

yellow cornmeal (not coarse)

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Steppe Cellars Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 18 dollars per bottle.