Corn meal recipes

This is really a fabulious pizza, love the smoky flavor, and very healthy.

Texas-style pecan pie with a secret cornmeal addition for texture, both light and dark corn syrup for depth, and vanilla butternut extract. Gooey, crunchy, and piled with whipped cream.

Bread machine pumpernickel bread combines rye, whole wheat, cocoa, and molasses for the deep brown color and earthy flavor of a deli-style loaf. Cornmeal adds a faint sweetness and toothsome crumb.

Garlicky Baked Vegetables with Spoon Bread Topping recipe

A dark, earthy bread machine pumpernickel made with rye flour, whole wheat, cocoa, molasses, and instant coffee. Dump the ingredients in and let the machine do the work.

A slow cooker johnny cake loaded with shredded carrots and crushed pineapple. Made with cornmeal, buttermilk, and baking soda for a moist, tender crumb. No oven required.

Vegetarian tamale pie layered with spiced kidney beans, corn, tomatoes, and cornmeal polenta topped with Monterey Jack cheese. Baked until bubbly and golden.

A steamed tofu pate with cornmeal, wheat germ, Dijon mustard, and warming spices like allspice, fennel, and sage. Vegan, sliceable, and keeps in the fridge for two weeks.

Bean soup with dumplings simmers kidney and black beans with corn, green chiles, and chili powder, then steams fluffy cornmeal dumplings right on top. A hearty, Southwestern one-pot meal with cornbread-style dumplings.

Mexican corn casserole bakes whole and creamed corn with cornmeal, buttermilk, green chiles, and sharp cheddar into a soft cornbread-meets-souffle bake. A potluck side that scoops like spoonbread.

An Italian-leaning skillet cornbread loaded with mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic, and creamed corn. Heartier than classic Southern cornbread, almost a meal on its own.

Personal veggie pizzas on honey wheat crust with broccoli, yellow pepper, roma tomatoes, fresh basil, and melted provolone. Three crispy pies in 30 minutes flat.

This classic braided egg bread rises twice for a pillowy, golden loaf brushed with egg wash and sprinkled with sesame seeds. A Shabbat staple that fills your whole house with the irresistible scent of fresh-baked bread.

Ground beef, tomatoes, green olives, and cottage cheese baked in a cornmeal batter until set and golden. All the tamale flavor without the husks or the fuss.

Raisin English muffins: homemade yeasted muffins studded with plump raisins, cooked griddle-style on cornmeal for craggy nooks and crannies. Toasted with butter, they beat any grocery-store version.

Loaf leavened with yeast. Requires a bread machine. Here's one of my favorite breads to make. The trick here is to use stone ground cornmeal, not the powdered/bleached variety. It gives the bread a great flavor, and a really nice coarse texture. The combination of ingredients give it a very different flavor than standard banana/nut or pan-baked corn bread.