Southern sweet cornbread. This is my base recipe with a few options listed.
Southern Cornbread.
1 cup regular grind cornmeal.
1 cup all-purpose flour.
1 tbsp baking powder.
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar.
1/4 cup bacon (cooked, chopped), 1/2 cup cheese, a jalapeno (sliced, deseeded), 1/4 cup peanut butter, 1/3 cup honey/maple syrup/corn syrup, or what ever else you may want. optional.
1 large egg.
1 1/4 cup milk, or butter milk.
1/3 cup liquid fat (oil, lard, butter etc).
Preheat oven to 425f.
grease a 10 inch cast-iron skillet or in 8 inch. square baking pan with the fat.
Place pan in oven.
place dry ingredients in a large bowl.
whisk together
add any optional items
fold in the in the eggs and milk using as few. strokes as possible
remove skillet or pan from oven.
pour the batter in.
give it a little shake to level it out,
bake 30-35 minutes
do the toothpick test to see if its done or needs more time.
let it cool down before trying to remove it from the pan.
Southern sweet cornbread. This is my base recipe with a few options listed.
Southern Cornbread.
1 cup regular grind cornmeal.
1 cup all-purpose flour.
1 tbsp baking powder.
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar.
1/4 cup bacon (cooked, chopped), 1/2 cup cheese, a jalapeno (sliced, deseeded), 1/4 cup peanut butter, 1/3 cup honey/maple syrup/corn syrup, or what ever else you may want. optional.
1 large egg.
1 1/4 cup milk, or butter milk.
1/3 cup liquid fat (oil, lard, butter etc).