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Bacon & maple cornbread

Samuel Goldsmith · bbcgoodfood.com · 2022 · Makes 9-12 squares

Against 250 cornbread recipes

More cornmeal share than 89% of recipes and no salt, unlike 92%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 250 cornbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More cornmeal share than 89% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
  • No salt at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 1.1 to 2% of the flour weight).
Cornmeal share: 69%, 90th percentileButtermilk: 90%, 35th percentileFat: 29%, 47th percentileSugar: 31%, 62nd percentileEgg: 31%, 40th percentileLeavening: 4.5%, 57th percentileSalt: 0%, 4th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 230g bacon lardons230 g
  • 5 rashers smoked streaky baconn/a
  • 5 tbsp vegetable oil≈ 68 g
  • 284ml buttermilk≈ 293 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup≈ 60 g
  • 225g cornmeal or polenta225 g
  • 100g plain flour100 g
  • 2½ tsp baking powder≈ 12 g
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda≈ 3 g
  • 25g butter25 g
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup≈ 40 g

flour 325 gbatter 1155 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 250 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Cornmeal share69% · 90th percentile
  • Buttermilk90% · 35th percentile
  • Fat29% · 47th percentile
  • Sugar31% · 62nd percentile
  • Egg31% · 40th percentile
  • Leavening4.5% · 57th percentile
  • Salt0% · 4th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
15 minutes
median 25 minutes

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