Do you make cornbread? Share your recipe.

[gsdx]

I've had a real hankering for cornbread lately. I have a recipe for 'golden' cornbread that I've always used, but I thought I'd see what kind of cornbread you like to bake.

 

[fetaby]

 

[Tadaa]

Beat me to it

 

[Lukeee]

I don't know what cornbread is.

 

[mbamike]

Sure I make cornbread. I live in South Carolina!

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

In a mixing bowl:

1 cup of cornmeal
1 egg
4 tablespoons of melted butter ( 20 seconds in the microwave)
Enough buttermilk to have a semi-thick batter.
Mix well.

Grease an iron skillet with butter and pour batter into it.
Cook in oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

 

[boxerdudeuk]

i make this really awesome green chile soft cornbread that has cheese and stuff in it. it's super good but something you'd spoon out of the pan - not eat with your hands. it's pretty bonkers. my mom made it when we were growing up a lot.

 

[gsdx]

I don't know what cornbread is.

It's basically a pan cake (not a pancake) or muffin made with cornmeal. It's really good with corn syrup poured over it.

I'd never make it with the mix posted above. I don't make anything with a mix. I'm a 'from scratch' baker and always have been.

 

[Alistair]

cornbread is best with pinto beans slopped on top I don't have a recipe, but it's best when made in a cast iron skillet. Something mom makes by scratch, I doubt she even uses a recipe.

 

[fetaby]

Thank you, Mike. Sounds good.

Thing is, though, hardly anybody except for Southerners has iron skillets these days. Is there a way it could be made without it?

Yeah, you can make it in any oven safe baking pan. Probably want to use a 9x9 or a muffin tin.

 

[gsdx]

Thank you, Mike. Sounds good.

Thing is, though, hardly anybody except for Southerners has iron skillets these days. Is there a way it could be made without it?

I've always baked it in a cake tin.

 

[Centexfarmer]

My recipe comes from the foodnetwork:

Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread

Ingredients

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• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, plus extra to grease the pan
• 8 ounces aged extra-sharp Cheddar, grated, divided
• 1/3 cup chopped scallions, white and green parts, plus extra for garnish, 3 scallions
• 3 tablespoons seeded and minced fresh jalapeno peppers

Directions

Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and butter. With a wooden spoon, stir the wet ingredients into the dry until most of the lumps are dissolved. Don't overmix! Mix in 2 cups of the grated Cheddar, the scallions and jalapenos, and allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.


Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13 by 2-inch baking pan.


Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and sprinkle with the remaining grated Cheddar and extra chopped scallions.


Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool and cut into large squares. Serve warm or at room temperature.

I bake mine in a #8 Lodge Cast Iron skillet that I warmed in the oven a few minutes before adding the batter.

It's a meal in itself.

 

[justsimon]

I use the Moosewood recipe.

 

[cityboy-stl]

Sure I make cornbread. I live in South Carolina!

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

In a mixing bowl:

1 cup of cornmeal
1 egg
4 tablespoons of melted butter ( 20 seconds in the microwave)
Enough buttermilk to have a semi-thick batter.
Mix well.

Grease an iron skillet with butter and pour batter into it.
Cook in oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Approximately how much buttermilk is "enough" buttermilk?

 

[Joshua_me]

Just follow the recipe on the back of the Jiffy box.

But then:

Add one half to one whole can of creamed corn into the batter. It makes all the difference in the world.

Also, if you'd like add either:

Two jalapenos, chopped and seeded.

or

A half-cup of good quality bacon pieces or strips you've cooked and sliced yourself. Or take a few strips of lightly cooked bacon and place them evenly atop the batter before cooking, maybe adding a little shredded cheddar cheese

or

A half cup of salsa

or

A half cup sliced black and green olives

 

[Tadaa]

I've also added a cup of sour cream and chopped broccoli to the Jiffy mix.

 

[Tadaa]

I've also added a cup of sour cream and chopped broccoli to the Jiffy mix.

You'd love it

 

[DeafFoxDemon]

i love cornbread, i am from the south too.. my grandma always make it whatever it lunch or dinner

 

[zoltanspawn]

I bake mine in a #8 Lodge Cast Iron skillet that I warmed in the oven a few minutes before adding the batter.

Lodge Cast Iron is cheap, good cookware.

http://www.lodgemfg.com/

Get a skillet folks, you'll have it forever.

 

[boxerdudeuk]

So many different kinds of good cornbread out there.

There's a restaurant in nyc where they bake corn kernals right into the cornbread batter. (It's one of those recipes that is more savory and less sugary, a little peppery, and kinda greasy.) Delicious.

That's how i like my cornbread too when i have it. Savory, not sweet at all. And it definitely needs fresh whole corn in it.

 

[BINOWGAYLATER]

cornbread is the ONLY thing I bake in an iron skillet - i have a wonderful 6 wedge pan made just for cornbread - and you have to heat it up really really hot before you pour the batter in.
I think the best one I've made is on the side of the Quaker Corn Meal box -- and it's totally awesome with a cup of creamed corn - that really makes it !!!
I can understand some spicy additions but I don't do 'hot" -- so no. then i luv to take pieces of it - slice it down the middle and TOAST IT AND COVER it in Guava Jam !!!

ONO-LICIOUS !!