Southern Country Cornbread
photo by Catrachita
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 pan
- Serves:
- 5-8
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons shortening (I use crisco butter flavor, or bacon drippings are awesome, too!)
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups buttermilk
directions
- Preheat the oven to 425°.
- Put the shortening in a cast-iron skillet and place in the oven till melted.
- Combine the cornmeal and flour. In seperate bowl whisk eggs until foamy then whisk in buttermilk. Add the rest of the dry ingredients to the cornmeal mixture.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients. Mix should be pourable. Take the hot skillet from the oven, pour the batter into the hot pan directly onto the melted hot shortening, this is what makes it sooo yummy!.
- Place back in the oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown or when knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Reviews
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Absolutely perfect cornbread. I didn't change a thing. I've been looking for this recipe for years! I didn't grow up making cornbread like so many lucky southern girls do. This recipe got stuck on the inside of a cabinet door - where all the keepers go - until I learn it by heart. Which I will. Thanks!
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Great job Jessica! Your grandpa would be proud. This tastes as close to my southern mother's cornbread as I've found. I did make one tweak...I used an 8 in skillet, so I reduced the shortening to 2 T. Like I watched my mother do many times, I heated the skillet in the oven until the shortening smoked (lets you know for sure the pan is really hot) and then after swirling the melted shortening to coat the sides, I poured the excess into the batter and stirred it in. A wonderful memory and pure yumminess!
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