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Cornmeal baps for Anne

These small round baps are made with a mix of wheat flour and fine cornmeal. The dominant corn gives a moist and very yellow crumb.

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

Keywords for this recipe:Bread Corn Small breads Baps

For 20 baps, you will need:

0 100 ml water
1 1 teaspoon caster sugar
2 20 g yeast
3 30 g flour
4 300 g Maize flour (masa harina)
5 400 g flour
6 2 eggs
7 12 g salt
8 240 g milk
Total weight: 1,207 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	5 hours	30 min.	5 hours 53 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #1

Warm 100 ml water and pour into a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon caster sugar and 20 g yeast. Mix gently with a whisk until yeast is completely dissolved, then add 30 g flour and mix again throughly with the whisk.

Stage 2 - 2 hours

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #2

Cover the bowl with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place for at least 2 hours.

At the end of this time you will see that the contents of the bowl has fermented, and that it is bubbling and frothing slightly. This mixture is called a poolish.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #3

Tip into the mixing bowl of a food processor: poolish, 300 g Maize flour (masa harina), 400 g flour, 2 eggs, and 12 g salt dissolved in 240 g milk warmed beforehand, either for several hours at room temperature, or a few seconds in the microwave.

Stage 4 - 8 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #4

Knead on slow speed for 5 to 8 minutes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 5 - 2 hours

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #5

Gather dough into a ball, put in a bowl covered with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place for around 2 hours...

Stage 6

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #6

...until doubled in volume.

Stage 7 - 1 hour

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #7

Cut the dough into pieces of about 50 g and roll into balls, as for ciabatta.

Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest in a warm place for about an hour.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #8

Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F).

Brush the tops of the baps with a little milk.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #9

Cut a cross in the top if you wish.

Stage 10 - 30 min.

Cornmeal baps for Anne : Photo of step #10

Bake for about 30 minutes (watch for colouring).

Remarks

These cornmeal baps are very soft, and can be eaten with either sweet or savoury additions, but are delicious on their own too.

This cornmeal bread should not be confused with the traditional American cornbread, which has a more cake-like texture.

Keeping:

Several days in a towel bag.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,967 Kcal or 12,422 Kj	98 gr	562 gr	37 gr
148 %	38 %	53 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
246 Kcal or 1,030 Kj	8 gr	47 gr	3 gr
12 %	3 %	4 %	<1 %

Per baps
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
148 Kcal or 620 Kj	5 gr	28 gr	2 gr
7 %	2 %	3 %	<1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 20 baps : 2.21 €
Per baps : 0.11 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Maize flour (masa harina) : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Galette Charentaise, Nachos, ... All
	Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bonnevaux apple tart, Potato gratin, French custard tart, Gougères, Jam doughnuts, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hummus, How to prepare endives , Blackcurrant liqueur, Valay-Brest, Naan, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Moist Lemon Cake, Nonettes, Caribbean upside-down cake, Linzer torte, ... All

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