Country Cornbread Food

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• If you are using cast iron, place the 1/4 cup oil in the bottom of a 9" skillet and place over high heat on your stovetop while you make the batter.
• Pour the cornmeal into a bowl and add the oil, egg, and buttermilk.
• Mix until combined and drop a small amount into your skillet.
• If it sizzles immediately, go ahead and pour in your batter to within 1 inch of the top. If you want a thinner cornbread, just don't pour in as much.
• Transfer the skillet from the stove top to the hot oven.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and set.

COUNTRY SAUSAGE CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Mix first 3 ingredients in medium bowl just until muffin mix is moistened. Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

COUNTRY CORN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking soda and salt. Whisk together the egg, yogurt and oil. Stir into the dry ingredients just until combined., Transfer to an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until top is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

REAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Put the skillet in the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
• Combine the dry ingredients except for the baking soda in a bowl.
• In another bowl, mix the buttermilk and the baking soda.
• Set aside.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg with the sugar until combined.
• Add the oil and mix until combined.
• Pour this mixture into the buttermilk/baking soda, and mix.
• When the oven is preheated, toss the butter into the skillet and let it melt.
• Meanwhile, pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix in as few strokes as it takes to just make the dough come together.
• Pull the skillet out of the oven, swirling to get the butter covering the bottom and up the sides of the skillet.
• Pour the batter immediately into the pan, smoothing the top, then back into the oven for about 25 minutes, or until golden brown and pulled away from the sides of the pan.
• Turn out onto a cutting board, cut into wedges and serve.
• NOTE: IMNSHO- cornbread isn't worth making if you don't make it in a cast-iron skillet.
• It may just be my upbringing, but it tastes better somehow.
• And please do not add the baking soda to the dry ingredients.
• I can't explain why, but adding it to the buttermilk makes a big difference in the texture.

SOUTHERN COUNTRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 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.

SCALLION CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Butter 2 cast-iron cornstick skillets or 1 (8-inch) cast-iron skillet.
• Whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Whisk together buttermilk, butter, and egg in a separate bowl. Whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined. Fold in Cheddar cheese and scallions.
• Transfer batter to prepared pans, and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10 to 13 minutes for cornstick skillets or 23 to 25 minutes for 8-inch skillet. Serve warm.

JALAPEñO-SOUR CREAM CORNBREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Make cornbread: Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Whisk together sour cream, milk, honey, eggs, and jalapeños in a second bowl.
• Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Pour butter into sour cream mixture and whisk to combine. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until blended. Transfer batter to skillet and smooth top.
• Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Make honey butter: Stir together butter, honey, and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Serve cornbread warm with honey butter.

COUNTRY CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Fry sausage and add sage, celery, and onion.
• Add breads, eggs, chicken broth and 1/4 water (or more) and bake at 350F in a 9x13 pan for 35 minutes.
• Enjoy!

COUNTRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Mix dry ingrediants in large bowl.
• Add remaining ingrediants.
• Stir well.
• Pour into greased 11 by 7inch pan.
• Bake at 375F degrees for about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

SWEET COUNTRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF. Grease bottom and side of round pan, 9x1 1/2 inches, or square pan, 8x8x2 inches.
• Beat milk, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

BLACK FOLKS CORNBREAD DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the conventional oven or Instant Pot Omni Plus oven to bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes (although you may not use all of this time for melting the butter).
• Place the 4 tablespoons of butter in an 8-inch skillet and melt in the oven for approximately 5 minutes.
• While the butter is melting, combine the Jiffy cornbread mix, sugar, cream cheese, and heavy cream in a medium-size mixing bowl.
• Pour the melted butter from the skillet into the mixing bowl and mix all the ingredients together.
• Pour the cornbread mixture into the skillet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. In the conventional oven for 25-30 minutes. Instant Pot Omni Plus oven for 23-25 minutes.
• When the baking time has finished, allow the cornbread to cool for approx 10 minutes.
• Cut the bread lengthwise and then across into 1-inch bread cubes and set aside.
• Grease an 8″ or similar-sized baking dish and set it aside.
• Remove the lid from the Instant Pot and turn on the sauté setting for 8 minutes.
• With the lid off, melt ¼ cup of butter.
• Add the chopped onion, celery, thyme, rosemary, and sage.
• Stir to coat the vegetables in the herbs and melted butter and then sauté until they soften and slightly brown.
• Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper to the inner pot's simmer, and stir to combine.
• Remove the herb mixture from heat and set aside.
• Allow the mixture to cool to the touch so that it can be mixed with the egg. (You don't want the egg to cook from the residual heat and scramble!)
• While the herbs are cooling off, beat the egg with the parsley in a medium-sized bowl.
• Gently fold in the cornbread cubes to coat with the egg.
• Pour in the cooled herb mixture into the egg mixture.
• Transfer the mixture to the pre-greased baking dish.
• Cut the 2 tablespoons of butter into small pats and place them all around on top of the dressing.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 350 degrees F. 35 minutes in the conventional oven. In the Instant Pot Omni Plus oven for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake until golden, 10-15 more minutes (conventional oven), 10 minutes (Instant Pot Omni Plus oven).
• Serve cornbread dressing warm, and enjoy!
• Optional - serve with gravy on top.