Vegan Cornbread

I love fall food.  And one of my favorite quintessential fall foods is cornbread.  There’s something about the texture and the sweet corn taste that makes it irresistible.  While I often purchase pieces of cornbread at my local co-op, I had never actually tried to make it myself.  So I turned to one of my my BabyCakes Cookbook.  I often use the Babycakes cookbook for bread recipes, because they always yield super moist breads.  I also liked that their recipe didn’t call for refined sugar.  I know there’s a debate about whether sweeteners like agave are healthy, but I personally prefer putting agave in my mixing bowl rather than mounds of granulated white sugar!

First, mix together the apple cider vinegar and the rice milk in a bowl, and set the mixture aside.

Next, it’s time to place the dry ingredients (gluten-free flour, cornmeal, corn flour, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, and salt) into a mixing bowl.

After you’ve mixed together the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients to the mixing bowl (coconut oil, agave, applesauce, and vanilla).

And mix together until combined.

Then add the buttermilk mixture into the batter.  At this point I was wondering if I had done something wrong — the batter seemed to be too runny.  My concern, however, ended up being unwarranted!  The bread ended up cooking perfectly.

Next, place the batter in a greased loaf pan.

After it has baked, you will have a golden loaf of vegan cornbread!

I thought I would end up sharing this loaf with others.  However, it turned out that my husband and I polished it off in just a few days!