Basic No Fail Cornbread Food

THE BEST HOMEMADE CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch round cake pan or cast iron skillet well and set aside. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Whisk to combine well.
• Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients and add your oil or butter, milk, and egg. Stir just until the mixture comes together and there are only a few lumps remaining.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is a deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Serve hot.

NO CORNMEAL CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl.
• Combine the sour cream, milk, butter, corn and eggs in a blender and blend until smooth. Add to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth. Butter a 9-by 13-inch baking dish and pour in the batter.
• Bake until the cornbread springs back when pressed and is golden around the edges, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes in the baking dish before slicing.

BASIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Butter a 9-inch cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet. Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. In a separate large bowl, whisk the eggs, buttermilk, milk and melted butter until smooth. Whisk the buttermilk mixture into the cornmeal mixture and pour the batter into the prepared skillet; smooth the top. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

CLASSIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and brush a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with vegetable oil.
• Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the egg, vegetable oil and buttermilk, then fold into the dry ingredients with a rubber spatula until just combined.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 15 minutes before serving.

NO-FLOUR CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Put first 5 ingredients in mixing bowl. (If it makes you feel better, go ahead and mix the dry ingredients, whisk the eggs into the buttermilk, then combine dry/wet ingredients).
• Mix with large spoon or whisk.
• Put bacon grease in well-seasoned 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium to high heat.
• Just as the bacon grease is about to start smoking, pour it into the other ingredients, stirring as you pour (if you can manage it). Leave enough in the skillet to coat the bottom and sides.
• Pour entire mixture into the skillet.
• Place skillet on middle rack of oven; bake until cornbread is springy in the middle, browned and pulling away from the skillet on the sides (about 15-20 minutes).
• Remove from oven and invert skillet over serving plate. If cornbread does not drop easily, you may need to run an icing spatula or even a flexible metal egg-turner around/under it so it comes loose.
• Recipe halves well, just remember you can't cut the bacon grease by half because you still need to coat the skillet.
• Serve hot, with plenty of butter. Or margarine, if you insist.

BASIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F; coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the buttermilk, melted butter and eggs in a medium bowl; add to the cornmeal mixture and whisk until combined.
• Spread the batter evenly in the baking dish. Bake until golden brown and the top springs back when gently pressed, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
• Invert the cornbread onto a cutting board and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Spread out on a baking sheet and leave at room temperature overnight to dry out.

BASIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Combine corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Add milk, egg, and oil. Beat for 1 minute.
• Pour into an 8 inch square pan, or spoon into 12 prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

CRUSTY QUAKER CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F; grease an 8 or 9 inch pan.
• Combine dry ingredients and stir in wet ingredients, mixing just until moistened.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• *NOTE: Delicious topped with butter, sour cream, or honey!

BASIC, FRUGAL CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 and grease an 8x8 pan.
• Mix the cornmeal, flour, and 2tbs canola oil together until crumbly.
• Beat eggs into the milk then mix into the cornmeal all at once. Stir just enough to blend thoroughly -- it won't rise well if overmixed.
• Bake 35-40 minutes or until the center tests done.
• Let cool a few minutes before cutting then serve warm with butter or other favorite topping.
• Note: if you want to increase it for a 13x9 pan I find it works better to use 1 1/2 times the ingredients instead of double. A fully doubled recipe is reluctant to cook fully in the center before the edges get dried out.

BASIC NO-FAIL CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 400 degree F.
• Mix together all ingredients.
• Spray a 13" x 17" half-sheet pan with Pam. (or use two 9" x 13" casserole dishes). Pour in the blended ingredients.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown on top.
• Serve hot with butter.