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Zucchini Corn Bread with Bacon

Zucchini Corn Bread with Bacon - A Family Feast
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Zucchini Corn Bread with Bacon has shredded zucchini and crumbled bacon in a moist and delicious corn bread.

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 cups coarse corn meal
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1/2 pound apple or cherry wood smoked bacon (not maple)*see note above
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups fresh shucked corn kernels (3 ears)
  • 3 cups shredded zucchini

Instructions

  1. The night before making this corn bread, in a medium bowl, place corn meal and buttermilk and stir. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight at room temperature.
  2. The day of baking, cook bacon until crisp. Place bacon on paper towels to drain and crumble. Set bacon aside and reserve 5 tablespoons bacon fat.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place a 9X13 pan in the oven that has 3 tablespoons of the bacon fat in it. Let the pan and fat heat while you prepare the batter.
  4. In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  5. Blend both sugars into flour mixture.
  6. In a small bowl melt butter and honey in microwave just long enough to melt butter. Stir mixture then add the eggs. Beat with wire whip until combined. Add two tablespoons of bacon fat and beat again.
  7. Pour the egg mixture into the corn meal mixture that was soaked overnight and stir.
  8. Pour this wet batter into the flour mixture and stir to combine.
  9. Fold in the corn and zucchini.
  10. Remove hot pan from the oven and carefully swirl the bacon fat around to reach all sides.
  11. Pour the finished batter into the hot pan and sprinkle the crumbled bacon over the top, pressing it down into the top of the batter so it doesn’t burn.
  12. Bake in center rack for 45-50 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
  13. Cool 15 minutes and serve.

Notes

Note: This bread needs to be started the night before by soaking the corn meal in buttermilk overnight. *Also try to use apple or cherry wood smoked bacon, but not maple cured (if possible) for the best flavor. The maple cured flavor will over power the other flavors in this bread.

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