Cornbread Croutons (dehydrated)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 Tbl. sugar
  • 1 Tbl. baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • ¼ cup applesauce
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Lightly oil a 9-inch square baking pan and set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder.
  4. Add the milk, applesauce, and maple syrup. Whisk to combine.
  5. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  6. Place pan on middle rack in oven. Bake 20 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
  8. Cool briefly before cutting into small squares.

Dehydrate:

  1. Place small squares of cornbread on the dehydrator trays.
  2. Dehydrate at 125 degrees for approximately 4 hours.
  3. There should be no sponginess left in the bread or it might spoil later.

Yield: serves 16

Serving Suggestion: Serve with 

Calories: 79