Tea Breads, Buns And Muffins Recipes - American-Style Corn Sticks

Ingredients

• 1 egg

• 120ml/1/2 cup milk

• 15ml/1 tbsp vegetable oil

• 115g/1 cup cornmeal or polenta

• 50g/1/2 cup plain flour

• 10ml/2 tsp baking powder

• 45ml/3 tbsp caster sugar

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Grease a cast-iron corn-stick mould.

2. Beat the egg in a small bowl. Stir in the milk and vegetable oil, and set aside.

3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the cornmeal or polenta, flour, baking powder and sugar. Pour in the egg mixture and stir wit a wooden spoon to combine.

4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared mould. Bake until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in the mould on a wire rack for 10 minutes before unmoulding.