Can cornmeal replace flour in recipe?

Answer 1

I would not recommend it. Especially if you are cooking something sweet such as cookies or a cake! It isn't going to give things the same taste or texture. Everything will taste more like cornbread instead.

Answer 2

" Substituting Maseca (or other brand of masa harina) for corn meal in any recipe will probably be a disaster. The type of corn is not the same, but the real difference is masa is made by boiling the corn in a lye solution before grinding. Totally changes the taste and consistency. As others have suggested, polenta should work just fine. And don't even think about making tamales using corn meal." Zeldog May 01, 2007 04:08PM

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Answer 3

No you cannot substitute cornstarch for corn meal. Corn starch is a thickening agent. corn meal is a breading. You can, however, in many cases substitute bread crumbs for corn meal when breading meats.

Answer 4

Not normally. Corn flour is very different from wheat flour. It would work as a thickener in the same way although the taste would be somewhat different, but in baking you could not substitute corn flour for wheat flour.

Answer 5

No, corn flour is much finer and is used to thicken foods. Cornmeal is used to give a grainy texture to pancakes, breads, etc.

Answer 6

Depending on what you're making. If you are trying to thicken a soup, no. If you are making pancakes, yes. If you are making a chocolate cake, no.

Answer 7

Try not to, but if you're desperate, you can see how that would turn out.

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In most cases, no. You might try flour, but no real sub.