Jalapeño Corn Bread

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Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups Yellow Corn Meal
• 1 1/4 cups Flour
• 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1/4 tsp. Paprika
• 2 Tbsp Sugar
• 1 well-beaten egg
• 2/3 cup Milk
• 1/2 cup Evaporated Milk
• 1/4 cup Shortening
• 15-oz. can Cream-Style Corn
• 4 Tbsp Butter
• 2 Tbsp Chopped Onion
• 3 Jalapeño Chiles, chopped or diced
• 4-oz. can chopped Green Chiles
• 3 Tbsp chopped Pimiento
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Mix corn meal, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and paprika in a large mixing bowl. Combine egg, milk, shortening and corn. Add to dry ingredients.

In a saucepan, melt butter and saute onions, chiles and pimientos until onions are tender. Add this to rest of mixture. Mix well, but don't over-mix. Add cheese and blend in.

Buter and 8-inch square pan and pour mixture in. Bake for 35 minutes or until knife comes clean from center of corn bread.

Cool in pan and cut into squares.