Honey-Pumpkin Cornbread

Ingredients

• • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal

  • 3 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

  • 1 cup canned pumpkin puree

  • 2 large eggs at room temperature

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted

  • 4 tablespoons honey

  • 1/3 cup buttermilk

  • 1 tablespoon grated orange zest

DIRECTIONS:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400F. Lightly butter a 9-inch square-baking pan.

  2. Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, butter, honey, buttermilk and orange zest in a separate bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture until moistened; transfer to the prepared baking pan.

  3. Bake until the cornbread pulls away from the sides of the pans and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20-22 minutes. Cool in the pan 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and cook on a wire rack at least 10 minutes before cutting.