Vegan Cornbread

"I got this recipe in my email today from Cooks Illustrated. It is a blue-ribbon winner developed by 11 year old Dana Sly."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
9
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F
  • Spray 8-inch-square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan.
  • Add the ground flax seed, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer the ground flax seed in the water for 3 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
  • Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well-combined.
  • Add the ground flax seed mixture, soy milk, and canola oil to the flour mixture.
  • Beat just until smooth (do not overbeat.)
  • Turn into prepared baking pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Cool on wire rack 10 minutes; invert cornbread onto wire rack, then turn right side up and continue to cool until warm, about 10 minutes longer.

Questions & Replies

  1. How long does it stay good? And should be it stored in the fridge or at room temperature? Thanks!
     
  2. What is the purpose of boiling the water for the flax seeds? Seems like an extra step for nothing, flax and water thicken at room temperature
     
  3. I want to make these in a muffin tin as muffins instead. Would the baking time and/or oven temp change?
     
  4. Can I use Cashew or Almond milk instead of soy?
     
  5. What can I use instead of flax seeds? My daughter is allergic to seeds. Thanks.
     
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Reviews

  1. This is the best vegan cornbread recipe I've found (and I been on a quest to find one for 5 years). I have a few tips for the other cooks out there. (1) Add one tablespoon of vital wheat gluten flour to help with the binding. (2) Let the batter sit for about 10 to 15 minutes before baking, in order to let it become more glutenous so it won't crumble when done baking. (3) Bake it in a cast iron skillet: First, preheat the cast iron skillet in the oven. When the oven is done preheating, it's time to add the batter. Take out the cast iron skillet with pot holders (It's hot!) add a tablespoon or 2 of oil, and roll it around greasing the bottom and sides. Then add the batter, and pop it back into the oven. Baking in the cast iron skillet give the cornbread nice crispy edges. I only needed to bake mine for 18 minutes. (4) 2 Variation ideas are adding a little vanilla extract, or some maple syrup with a can of drained chopped green chilis.
     
  2. Really enjoyed this recipe! Recently, I've tried several to see if I can match Bob's prepackaged gluten free cornbread and this is very close! I am always substituting, so I thought I'd list...<br/><br/> ****substitutions*****<br/>1 cup all-purpose flour = 1/2 cup gluten free all-purpose 1/4 cup brown rice flour 1/4 cup corn flour<br/><br/>1/4 cup sugar = 3 tbsp agave and 8 drops of liquid stevia<br/><br/>1/4 cup oil = 1/4 cup applesauce <br/><br/>Hint~ I find that setting flax mixture on top of stove as it preheats works to help bind!
     
  3. This an unbelievably good cornbread recipe. I've been trying for years to make cornbread like my mother's (open, course texture, slightly sweet) and have failed time and again. How a vegan recipe even came close to Mom's is inextricable to me, but here we are. This is the only cornbread recipe I'll ever use. The only things I changed were I used fresh ground cornmeal from my Vita-Mix (I like a certain toothiness), and I replaced sugar with raw honey. Trust this recipe!
     
  4. Love this recipe. A couple tweeks. No water, veggie broth instead, coconut milk, rice flour to make it gluten free and vegan butter instead of oil. Cannot put photo. No Facebook. I made this cornbread in small cupcake tin. I call them corn bread bites. Oh yeah and a few crushed red Pepper flakes.
     
  5. I've tried a lot of vegan cornbread recipes and this is the best one. I used chia seeds instead of flax because I like them better but that's the only tweak I made to the recipe. This one is a keeper.
     
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Tweaks

  1. After the water and ground flaxseed cool, I mixed it, the oil and unsweetened soy milk (or almond, as I used) together and whisked those until mixed. Then I mixed that into the already mixed dry ingredients. The same, large whisk worked for everything. I probably let it set for a minute, but not much more, before pouring into the metal pans (doubled recipe). Baked perfectly, and held together exactly as it should.
     
  2. I used unsweetened almond milk and 1/2 cup agua faba for the flax egg and it worked beautifully. I save all my "bean water" I'm ice cube trays so I have it ready at all times :)
     
  3. for 1/2 recipe, added one chopped jalapeno and 1/8 cup frozen corn
     
  4. Did not have flaxseed so I subbed in chia seeds & simmered with the 6 tbsp of water. Also subbed 1/4 c applesauce instead of the 1/4 c of oil. Baked in parchment paper so did not need to spray oil. Turned out fantastic!
     
  5. Loved the idea to use the cast iron to bake the bread. I followed recipe except for the flour - I used 1/2 regular whole grain and 1/2 Garbanzo flour. I followed another posters comment to let sit for 10 minutes while cast iron pan heated in the oven. I oiled the cast iron and added some corn grits on the bottom of the pan. Also added a handful of canned corn to batter. Using the cast iron pan cuts the baking time in half, so be careful! This recipe turned out fantastic!! Yum! Will become a staple recipe with veggie chili!
     

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