American Spoon Bread Recipe

How to make Spoon Bread Recipe

Americans spoon this bread straight from the tin and eat it with butter as an accompaniment to a meal. The breed may also be turned out to cool on a wire rack, then sliced and buttered.

Ingredients

Make one 900g loaf

350 g/ 12 Oz whole-meal flour

225 g/ 8 Oz cornmeal

1 tsp salt

15 g/ ½ Oz fresh yeast or

7 g/ ¼ Oz dried yeast

2 tbsp clear honey

250 ml/ 8 FL Oz warm water

250 ml / 8 FL Oz warm milk

1 tbsp oil

1 egg, beaten

Preparation Method

1. Stir the flour, cornmeal and salt together. Mix the fresh yeast and honey and add to the lukewarm water or sprinkle the dried yeast on the water with the honey and leave until frothy. Add to the flour with the lukewarm milk, oil and beaten egg. Beat well, cover and leave to prove for 30 minutes.

2. Heat the oven to 180 C 350 F mark 4.

3. Stir the batter well and put into a greased 900 g / 2 lb loaf tin. Cover and leave to prove for 20 minutes then bake for 50 minutes. Now American spoon bread ready.