Ama Lur

Ama Lur was a restaurant that was inside the Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine, TX.  Mike and I celebrated his birthday there in 2009.  What stood out to us the most at Ama Lur is that they bring you out a basket of cactus shaped, blue corn cheddar jalapeno bread.  It was not only unique but very tasty.  So tasty in fact, we immediately came back home and looked at several different grocery stores and could not find any blue corn to try and make these on our own. 

Fast forward to almost 3 years, we are walking around Whole Foods, and low and behold we find blue corn meal.  Talk about excited!! 

So... here is my version of Blue Corn Jalapeno Cheddar Bread:

1 ½ cups flour
½  cup yellow cornmeal
1/8 cup sugar

1 teaspoons kosher salt
1 tablespoons baking powder
2  large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1 stick butter melted

2 Cups extra-sharp Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons seeded and minced fresh jalapeno peppers

-Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

-In separate bowl, combine milk, eggs, and butter.

-With wooden spoon, stir wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until all dry ingredients are moist.  Do not over stir it.

-Mix in 2 cups of cheddar cheese and jalapenos and allow mixture to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.

 

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

-Grease a square pyrex baking pan and pour into pan.

-Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 

-ENJOY!