A Healthier Organic Cornbread Recipe Made With Masa Harina & Why Masa Harina Is A Better Choice! (2024)

Breads / Muffins Gluten Free Recipes

Chili and Cornbread

So earlier this week I posted a delicious End of The Summer Veggie Stew/Chili recipe! If you haven’t had a chance to see this recipe you can view it here.

This chili is so delicious and if you are anything like me, I just love some cornbread with my chili! Check out the photo below, the chili and cornbread make for a perfect fall meal!

A Healthier Organic Cornbread Recipe

This recipe became quite the challenge because I didn’t want to use corn meal in the recipe. I was looking to create a healthier organic corn bread recipe to the traditional corn bread but I still wanted it to taste great!

I achieved a healthier cornbread by switching out corn meal with a flour called Masa Harina. Masa Harina is often used to make fresh tortillas (yep you guessed it, working on that recipe too! 🙂 )

What Is Masa Harina?

Masa Harina is made from freshly prepared hominy. To make hominy, field corn is dried and cooked and soaked in limewater and wood ash.

Do You Have Troubles Digesting Grains?

Do you have troubles digesting grains? Try preparing the grains in a “traditional” way and see if it makes a difference for you. By “traditional”, I mean sprouting, soaking or fermenting. (click here for further reading)

I can tell you from my experience that I have a terrible time with grains spiking my blood sugar. I often become very irritable and edgy after consuming grains (a sign that my blood sugar is out of balance).

I did not want to go on a grain free diet so I set out to find out how I could eat grains. When you soak, sprout or ferment grains you are breaking down anti-nutrients and allowing the grain to become more digestible. Grains prepared properly oftentimes digest like a vegetable.

Traditionally Prepared Grain Recipes

Here are a few recipes that I have posted that included “traditional” methods of preparations.

Sourdough Bread
Traditionally Prepared Soaked Oatmeal
(although not a grain, this is the “traditional” method of preparing nuts)
Soaked Pecan Cinnamon Roll Quinoa

I have a lot more in my recipe collection, these are just a few of my favorites. Feel free to browse around in our Recipe Gallery for more great recipes!

A Healthier Organic Corn Bread Recipe

★★★★★ 4.7 from 3 reviews

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 9 pieces 1x
Category: side dish
Method: baking
Cuisine: american

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Description

This healthier organic corn bread recipe is perfect to pair with soups and chili recipes.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup masa harina flour – You Can Buy It Here
1/2 cup spelt flour, or other flour of choice, (with the exception of coconut flour, it won’t work in this recipe) I used sprouted spelt flour – You Can Buy It Here
2 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp unrefined sea salt – You Can Buy It Here
1/4 cup raw honey – You Can Buy It Here
1 tbsp sucanat – You Can Buy It Here
1 1/4 cup whole milk or coconut milk
1/4 cup grass fed butter or ghee, softened-You Can Buy It Here

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 F.
Mix together dry ingredients.
Cut 2 tbsp of the grass fed butter into the flour mixture.
In a separate bowl, combine honey (slightly melted), eggs, sucanat and milk and stir well.
Combine the dry and wet ingredients and mix just until moist. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
Place 2 tbsp of butter into a 8×8 square pan and place in oven until melted.
Pour batter into pan and bake for 20 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
Remove cornbread from pan to cool so that the crust is still crisp.

Notes

This recipe was inspired & adapted from a recipe featured on www.chow.com

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 piece

Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masa