Cheddar Corn Bread with Pepitas (Pumpkin Seeds)

By stretchina

The pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, lend crunch, while green chiles add spicy heat.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (2 ozs.) reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup nonfat buttermilk (I use lowfat)
• 1 (10 ozs.) package frozen cream-style corn, thawed
• 1 (8 1/2 oz.) package corn muffin mix (such as Jiffy)
• 1 (4.5 oz.) can chopped green chiles, drained (optional)
• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup unsalted pumpkinseed kernels (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2) Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into an 8 inch square dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with pumpkinseeds. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.