- Prep Time
- 10 mins
- Total Time
- 1 h
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups
- all-purpose flour
- 500 mL
- 2 cups
- cornmeal
- 500 mL
- 1/2 cup
- sugar
- 125 mL
- 2 tbsp
- baking powder
- 30 mL
- 1 tsp
- salt
- 5 mL
- 1 cup
- grated aged Cheddar cheese
- 250 mL
- 2
- jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 2
- eggs
- 1/2 cup
- melted butter, cooled to room temperature
- 125 mL
- 2 1/2 cups
- buttermilk, at room temperature
- 625 mL
Method
- Step 1
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly grease 2 loaf pans.
- Step 2
- In large bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in cheese and jalapeno to coat.
- Step 3
- In separate bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter and buttermilk. Make a well in dry ingredients; pour in wet ingredients. Mix just until moist batter forms.
- Step 4
- Divide batter between loaf pans. Bake 30 to 35 min., or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean. Let stand in pans 20 min. before cutting around edges and tipping loaves out of pans.