Ingredients

• 2/3 cup coconut oil
• 2/3 cup coconut palm sugar
• 2 cups whole cornmeal
• 1 1/3 cups unbleached flour
• 4 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1 2/3 cups almond milk
• ½ cup chopped fresh jalapeno peppers (With seeds and membranes. There will be no heat if you remove them.)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat coconut oil and palm 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 oil and sugar mixture;
• whisk until just mixed.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients and stir in jalapeno peppers.
• Spread mixture evenly into greased baking pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean,
• 23 to 27 minutes.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before slicing.