You will need: Butternut squash or pumpkin your choice, oil, milk, eggs, vanilla, polenta, baking powder, baking soda, Salt, cheddar cheese, feta cheese, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, flour
Instructions:
- First roast or steamed butternut squash or pumpkin
- I used one small butternut squash for this recipe. Cut the fresh squash in half, remove the seeds and drizzle some sunflower oil on top
- Brush both sides with oil
- Roast the squash on 350°F until it is tender
- Peel the squash and mash it then set it aside
- In a medium bowl mix the wet ingredients:
- Add 2 cups of milk, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix until well combined
- Add 1 1/2 cup of oil to the mix and mix it in
- In a big bowl, mix the dry ingredients:
- Add 2 cups of course polenta, 2 1/2 cups of flour
- Mix the polenta and flour
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- Add baking powder and baking soda
- Mix the dry ingredients together
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix them together by hand or with a spatula until they are well combined
- Now add the butternut squash or pumpkin purée
- Mix it in
- Add shredded cheddar cheese and mix it in
- Crumble the feta cheese then add it to the batter, and mix it in
- Grease your baking pans and then transfer the batter to the pans
- Sprinkle sesame and sunflower seeds on top
- Bake on 335°F or 160°C in a preheated oven
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean
- Enjoy!
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