Bobota Islander Corn Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Combine sugar, water, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a medium-sized saucepan, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add honey. Return syrup to low heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 375*.
• Sift all dry ingredients into a large bowl. Combine the honey, orange juice, warm water, and warm oil. Stir into dry mixture, beating until smooth.
• Fold in orange peel and currants. Pour batter into a well-greased 7x7 by 2-inch pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.
• Leave in pan to cool, then pour warm Basic Sweet Syrup over it or sprinkle with confectioner's sugar. Cut into squares and serve immediately.
• Note: Syrup can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 month. To use, bring to room temperature.

Steps:

• Cake: Cream butter and then cream in sugar with 6 beaten egg yolks.
• Add the muffin mix, milk, baking powder, salt and extract. Stir well by hand ( not with mixer ). Beat egg whites stiff and fold into mixture. Place mixture in a greased 10 x 14 inch pan.
• Bake on a 350F oven about 40 minutes or tested done. Remove from oven and cool in pan until warm.
• Cut into squares or diamonds.
• Pour on hot syrup.
• Sprinkle with almonds.Garnish with maraschino cherries.
• Note: make syrup while cake is baking.
• Bring all syrup ingredients to a boil and boil until a thickened syrup.( maybe about 20 minutes or less )

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Traditionally, this is baked in a 12" round pan. You may use a 9"x13" pan.
• Grease the sides and bottom of the pan and set aside.
• Combine the wet ingredients (yogurt, Kasseri cheese, Kefalotyri cheese, oil, eggs, and lemon juice).
• In another bowl, sift together the cornmeal with the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until it is a soft, batter-like dough.
• Spread the batter in the pan and smooth with the spatula.
• Sprinkle with the Feta cheese and scatter the pieces of butter evenly over the top of the batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until it is a deep golden brown. If it gets too brown before the 40 minutes are up, cover with aluminum foil and continue baking.
• Allow to cool 15 minutes before serving.