- Stand Mixer with Paddle Attachment: Essential for combining dry ingredients and wet ingredients efficiently when making dough or batter.
- High-Speed Blender: Useful for pureeing or quickly mixing cranberries into the batter without additional effort.
- Kitchen Scale: Aids in measuring ingredients accurately, which can significantly impact the texture and flavor of your quick bread.
- 8-Inch (20 cm) Fry Pan or Cast Iron Skillet: Could be used for caramelized onions or fried toppings as per recipe creativity.
- Cranberry Corer: To easily remove seeds from cranberries without hassle, improving texture and presentation of the quick bread.
- Silicone Spatula: Vital for scraping bowls clean and mixing ingredients thoroughly.
- Digital Kitchen Thermometer: Ensuring batter or dough reaches the correct temperature can be crucial for successful baking outcomes, especially with quick breads where texture is essential.
- Measuring Cups (1 cup, ½ cup, tablespoon sizes) & Measuring Spoons: Fundamental tools in baking to measure ingredients accurately.
- Mixing Bowls of various sizes (small for mixing batter, large for combining dry ingredients)
- Heavy-Duty Cutting Board: Useful when preparing ingredients such as chopping nuts or fruits in recipes beyond quick bread making.
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour*
1 cup medium-grind whole grain cornmeal or regular cornmeal
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon maple extract
3/4 cup chopped pecans plus 10 pecan halves for garnish
3/4 cup dried cranberries (about 4 ounces)
I publish delicious recipes that most of the times required 10 ingredients or less and 30 minutes or less to prepare.
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