Canyon Ranch Low Fat Cornbread
It’s New Year’s Eve. It’s cold outside. Our healthy Chicken Stew is bubbling, the fire is crackling, and while we’re feeling virtuous for having made it through Christmas without overdosing on sugars and other treats, we are sorely in need of some spa style low fat cornbread. Is there such a thing? A lower fat healthier cornbread which doesn’t require a greased cast iron skillet? You bet there is.
We’ll save that time-honored method for special occasions, and skip the honey butter entirely, but tonight, this is just the ticket. Thank you, Canyon Ranch Spa!
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories: 55kcal
Spa style cornbread. Is there such a thing? A lower fat healthier cornbread which doesn't require a greased cast iron skillet? You bet there is.
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons Splenda Sugar Blend (or granulated sugar)
- Pinch Sea Salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter - melted
- 1 eggs
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup fat-free milk
- ½ cup yellow cornmeal
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder (low sodium)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly coat a 9-inch square baking pan with canola oil spray.
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into baking pan. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
- Remove from oven and let cool. Cut into 24 pieces.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
Honestly, 24 cubes out of a 9 inch pan was a bit small for our tastes. We made larger squares because the calorie count was still less than a full sized corn muffin, but you could also add a dollop of batter to 12 or 24 mini muffin wells (in 1 or 2 batches) to make mini muffins for perfect portion control. All things in moderation -- including moderation.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Piece | Calories: 55 kcal (3%) | Carbohydrates: 9 g (3%) | Protein: 1 g (2%) | Fat: 1 g (2%) | Cholesterol: 5 mg (2%) | Sodium: 115 mg (5%) | Fiber: 1 g (4%)
So I used the mini muffin tin so I didn’t have to cut this into 24 pieces. I just added teh batter to each well, a tiny spoonful at a time so that they were all the same volume, and I got 18 muffins out of it, so no way could I have made 24 muffins unless they were like carrot slices sizes! Who wants that?! Plus I added one jalapeno slice to each muffin for those of us who like the spice. That was easy. How many calories would be in 18 mini muffins do you think?
Hello Cora. We added all of the ingredients, presuming you used the same ratio of each ingredient, and divided these ingredients into 18 servings (18 mini muffins). Each mini muffin is: 67 calories, 11g carbs, 1.7g fat, 1.8g protein. — Not including your peppers!
This was okay — not fantastic but not bad. I think other recipes are just as good and it’s all about portion control. I agree with you and think you’re being honest here — i think Canyon Ranch making the cubes very small (24 to a square pan?) is just a calorie saving trick which isn’t realistic. I did like the ratio of cornmeal to flour. Made it less crumbly. Still, it’s a low-fat alternative and fits the bill
when we are making vegetarian chili.