MEALIE BREAD SWEET CORN BREAD, SOUTH AFRICA

Ingredients

• ½ c milk
• ¼ c salted butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 1 c unbleached all purpose flour
• 1 c cornmeal
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp paprika
• 2 c sweet corn kernels (thawed if frozen, cut off of the cob if fresh)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Butter/grease a 8 ½ x 4 ½ loaf tin.
2. Place all of the ingredients, except 1 cup of corn into your blender and pulse until the batter comes together. Add the remaining cup of corn and pulse a few times to mix the kernels into the batter.
3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake the mealie bread for 50-55 min. Until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
5. Cool the bread in the pan for 3-5 minutes before turning the bread out onto a wire rack to continue cooling.
6. Serve warm.