Marble Buttermilk Cornbread

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 cup red cornmeal
• 1/2 cup blue cornmeal
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar (brown sugar also works)
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 use 4 separate bowls for the mixing of the 3 cornmeal batters and the wet ingredients.
• 3 in bowl #1, add the yellow cornmeal, one cup of the flour, 2 tbsp sugar, 4 tsp baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt. mix all until well blended.
• 4 in bowl #2, add the red cornmeal, 1/2 cup of the flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 tsp salt. mix all until well blended.
• 5 in bowl #3, add the blue cornmeal, 1/2 cup of the flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 tsp salt. mix all until well blended.
• 6 in bowl #4, add the 2 cups of buttermilk, 2 eggs, and 1/2 cup canola oil. beat until smooth. this will come out to slightly more than 3 cups of fluid.
• 7 add half of the fluid to the yellow cornmeal mix. divide the remaining fluid equally between the red and blue cornmeal. mix all 3 bowls separately.
• 8 get a 9 x 13 baking pan. grease or oil the inside.
• 9 to get the marble look, put a spoonful of each color batter into the pan randomly. wiggle the pan until the batters level out. grab a butter knife and make swirls throughout the batter.
• 10 bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cornbread comes out clean.
• 11 depending on how the loaf is cut, it may yield between 15 to 24 slices. enjoy!