Amaranth Maple Cornbread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup uncooked amaranth
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 2/3 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°.
• 2 coat a 9-inch cast-iron skillet with cooking spray and 1 teaspoon oil. place in a 400° oven for 7 minutes.
• 3 combine cornmeal and next 5 ingredients (cornmeal through salt) in a large bowl. combine buttermilk, syrup, 2 tablespoons oil, and eggs in a small bowl; stir well with a wire whisk. add to cornmeal mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 4 pour batter into the preheated skillet; sprinkle the pecans over batter. bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.