Sweet Jalapeno Cornbread

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 2 cups cornmeal
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 2/3 cups milk
• 1 cup chopped fresh jalapeno peppers, or to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.

Beat margarine and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth. Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Stir eggs and milk in a third bowl. Pour 1/3 milk mixture and 1/3 flour mixture alternately into margarine mixture; whisk until just mixed. Repeat with remaining ingredients and stir in jalapeno peppers. Spread mixture evenly into prepared baking pan.

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 22 to 26 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before slicing.