Is corn bread a bread or a muffin?!


Question: Is corn bread a bread or a muffin!?
Corn bread is baked in bread tins, and muffin tins!. They call it corn bread, and corn bread muffins!. Is it a bread or a muffin!? What is the difference between a bread and a muffin anyways!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
If you bake it in muffin tins, It's a muffin!. If you bake it in a loaf pan, its bread!. It's the size of the pan that matters!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Corn Bread
We all have the Native Americans to thank for corn bread!. Its humble beginnings can be traced back to the Indians that the European settlers came in contact with when they first arrived in America!. However, it stands to reason that the Native Americans have been making corn bread long before that!.


The Indians used corn ground into meal and flour for years in their cooking!. Corn was a major food source so they were very creative in its usage!. Because the white settlers were dependent on the natural resources, they too, adopted the practice of making corn bread!. A surge in popularity around Civil War time was inevitable as corn was plentiful and cheap!. Corn bread and other meals made from corn were easy to make!.

Because there were special varieties of corn grown throughout North America, the corn bread differed by region!. In the southwest areas, blue corn was popular!. The northern regions favored the yellow corn and the south had white corn!. In addition, the preparations in making corn bread differed too!.

In the beginning, when a lot of supplies were scarce, the Indians made corn bread from a simple mixture of water, salt and cornmeal!. The recipe graduated to using variety of sweetener products like sugar, honey or molasses for northern corn bread!. The south tended to steer clear of the sweetened corn bread and favored using fat from bacon or lard!.

Because of some of the natural components in the corn, there is no need to use yeast to get the corn bread to rise!. This property makes it one of America’s favorite quick breads!. These days, you can still make corn bread from scratch!. However, there are a number of varieties of corn bread mixes available these days from your local grocery store!. Corn bread, once a major part of a diet, is now a southern accompanying favorite to almost any mealWww@FoodAQ@Com

i don't cook cornbread in a muffin or bread tin-- i fry that bad boy up in a cast iron skillet-- thats the only way to have cornbread is fried

*muffins are still considered part of the bread family because of the flour- so either way because of the cornmeal its a breadWww@FoodAQ@Com

Well that is VERY difficult!.!.!.!.
but
let see
the batter is the same!.!.
Darn that makes it even more Difficult !.!.
SO what makes them different !.!.!.!?!?!?
Darn that is hard!.!.!.
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the only thing that is different is the pans
BUT would that make any sense!.!.!.? ? ?
One large cake or individual cupcakes!.!.
Buzz
Did I hear Corn meal biscuits
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see how confusing it gets!.!.!.
Aren't you Glad I don't know equine treats!.!.
corn dodgers ( John Wayne movie true grit ?? )Www@FoodAQ@Com

A muffin is round and cooked in a muffin pan, little round circles!. Bread is baked in a loaf pan!. Basically, it's the same thing ingredient wise, but if it's a round little cake, it's a muffin!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The difference between the two are the ingredients!. Cornbread is bread!. Muffins are more or less cakes!. The type of pan doesnt mean anything!. You can bake cornbread in a bunt cake pan if you want to!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It is bread!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/CornbreadWww@FoodAQ@Com

Totally a bread with leavening agents!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

baked in a muffin pan= muffin
baked in a bread pan= breadWww@FoodAQ@Com

It can be either, depending on whether you bake it in one large pan or in muffin tins!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They're called corn bread and corn muffins depending which tin they were cooked in!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would consider it to be more of a muffin since it is made from a batter!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it's all about what kind of a pan are you baking it in!.
muffin pan, or bread pan!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No difference, just the shape! Corn muffin / Corn breadWww@FoodAQ@Com

it's corn bread and they can be form into muffin if u put them in a muffin panWww@FoodAQ@Com

well, it all depends if you bake it in a bread pan or a muffin tin!. i suppose you could make corn cake too if you triedWww@FoodAQ@Com

breadWww@FoodAQ@Com

it's just cornbread- my coworker says "since when did cornbread have to be anything but cornbread!?"Www@FoodAQ@Com

hense the name corn BREAD its a breadWww@FoodAQ@Com

depends on the pan you make it in!. that's the only differenceWww@FoodAQ@Com

breadish cake thing duh!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

bread, but u can make it like a muffinWww@FoodAQ@Com

thats a good !?Www@FoodAQ@Com





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