Sweet Potato Skillet Corn Bread Recipe

Sweet Potato Skillet Corn Bread Recipe

  • ¾ cup Kamut flour, or ½ cup einkorn flour and ¼ cup Kamut flour
  • ¼ cup wheat germ
  • ½ cup medium-grind cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt, plus extra for sprinkling the bread
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ¾ cup mashed cooked sweet potato or yam (from about 1 medium sweet potato)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup pumpkin seeds
  1. Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and lightly oil a large cast-iron skillet, and
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, wheat germ, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl using an electric mixer, or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, bear the oil, honey, and sweet potato. Bear in the eggs. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk in 2 additions, mixing until just combined.
  3. Scrape the barter into the prepared skillet and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds and some salt. Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let the bread cool in the skillet for 20 minutes before serving.