Blue Ribbon Corn Bread Food

BLUE CORN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
• Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Sift 3 times.
• Stir the eggs and milk into the cornmeal mixture. Place the butter in the prepared baking dish, and melt in the preheated oven. Mix hot, melted butter into the cornmeal mixture. Transfer cornmeal mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake on center rack in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges of the cornbread pull away from the sides of the dish, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting.

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD BY RENAE

Steps:

• 1. Mix the dry ingredients together with a whisk. In the mean time melt the margarine in a microwave but save til the end. Also heavily coat the cast iron skillet with the butter flavored spray and place in a cold oven. Set the oven for 400 degrees and start it heating.
• 2. Add eggs to the dry mixture and stir in buttermilk. Make sure the consistency is just a little thinner than pudding. May want less or more buttermilk than called for so stir in half or more of the buttermilk and work from there.
• 3. Once the batter is the right consistency, mix in the melted margarine continuing to use the whisk. Make sure well incorporated.
• 4. Remove the now hot skillet from the oven that should be at 400 degrees by now and pour the batter into the pan. Should hear a little sizzle. Place in oven and bake for approximately 25 minutes. Turn out onto a plate, slice and enjoy.
• 5. Note: The reason I use margarine instead of butter is because of the oil content. Margarine is just essentially butter flavored oil.

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grab a cast iron pan. (I use a No. 8 or No. 10 cast iron skillet.) Pour 1/4 c of vegetable oil into pan and place in the oven.
• 2. While the pan is heating up with the oil, mix all ingredients together using a wooden spoon and pour batter into the hot skillet.
• 3. Return to oven at bake until golden; approximately 30 mins.

VEGAN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• Spray 8-inch-square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Add the ground flax seed, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer the ground flax seed in the water for 3 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well-combined.
• Add the ground flax seed mixture, soy milk, and canola oil to the flour mixture.
• Beat just until smooth (do not overbeat.)
• Turn into prepared baking pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack 10 minutes; invert cornbread onto wire rack, then turn right side up and continue to cool until warm, about 10 minutes longer.

REAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• 2. Place oil in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet or similar-size glass or corning ware baking dish and transfer to the pre-heating oven.
• 3. Mix cornmeal, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add egg and milk (or buttermilk); stir until just combined. Remove the pan from the oven and very carefully swirl the oil to coat the bottom and a little way up the sides. Again, Very carefully pour the excess hot oil into the cornmeal mixture; stir until just combined. Pour the batter into the hot pan. NOTE: The key is the oiled, preheated cast iron pan, which gives the finished bread that incredible crisp edged texture.
• 4. Bake until the bread is firm in the middle and lightly golden on top with a nice brown crust on the bottom, about 20 minutes. It will be pulling away from the sides of the skillet. Let cool for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve warm.