Crumbly Sweet And Buttery Cornbread Food

SWEET AND BUTTERY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Cream butter and and sugar with mixer.
• In a separate bowl whisk eggs and milk.
• In another bowl blend flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Alternately add egg/milk mixture and flour mixture to creamed butter, mixing after each addition.
• Spread batter into greased 13"x 9" pan and bake at 400 degrees until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 22 to 27 minutes.
• Serve warm.

PERFECT CORNBREAD... EVERY TIME!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add wet ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into a greased 9-10 inch dish about 2 inches deep, I use a 10 inch cast iron skillet.
• Bake for 18-23 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• DO NOT OVER BAKE! This causes it to crumble. I bake mine just until it starts to crack, 20 minutes.
• ENJOY!
• You can also make these in corn stick pans, bake for 12 to 18 minutes.

SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and lightly flour a 9-inch cake pan. Be sure to remove any excess flour from the pan.
• Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk together 8 tablespoons of the butter with the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in a small bowl until smooth.
• Pour the butter mixture into the cornmeal mixture and stir until thoroughly combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Let cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan. Mix the honey and the remaining 2 tablespoons butter together in a small bowl, then spread all over the top of the cornbread to finish. Serve immediately or at room temperature.

GOLDEN SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400*F. Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• My Note: I use 1/3 Celsius white and 1/3 Celsius brown sugar, and I let the cornmeal soak in the milk for 10-15 minutes before mixing with the other ingredients. I've also replaced the vegetable oil with melted butter, which works very well.
• This works as cornbread muffins, too! I am not a huge fan of making cornbread as a round or square cake shape... they just are too messy that way. Instead I like to pour the batter into muffin tins lined with cupcake/muffin papers. This recipe works great as muffins. I pour the batter almost to the very top of the paper liners then I bake this at 375 degrees, but I have a convection oven so the heat is usually 25*F. less than the normal temperature... so you can cook it at the suggested heat of 400*F. with a normal oven. It takes 20-23 minutes for a toothpick to come out clean. The tops are always nicely browned and the muffins are perfectly cooked. The only other minor change I make is I use a medium grind cornmeal that is a little more course. It makes the cornbread more like a true "comfort food". If you don't like that extra crunch then use a finer grind. EVERYONE loves this-.
• Additional options: I can bake it in a muffin pan (bake only 15 minutes); I can cut back on my sugar to maybe a round 1/2-cup (or less). I can add just a smidgen more salt. I can add a 1/2 t. vanilla. Add I can also add just a little bit more oil (so it's not quite so crumbly). The next time I bake this for our gang, I'm going to add all of the above.
• I did cut down on the sugar a little. (It's still sweet) Delicious with butter and honey on it. Fantastic accompaniment to soup or stew or beans or even makes a great breakfast!

CRUMBLY, SWEET AND BUTTERY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 424, in a medium sized cast iron skillet put corn oil and let it heat in the oven while it preheats.
• Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.
• mix all wet ingredients together, except the corn oil that's used above and reserve 1 TBL of the melted butter.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, put the wet and stir as little as possible until combined. The batter may be lumpy.
• pour into cast iron skillet and bake until set - around 25 to 30 minutes. After 15 minutes reduce oven heat to 400. Top with remaining 1 TBL melted butter and enjoy.

SWEET POTATO BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with two forks, a pastry cutter or your fingers until mixture is crumbly.
• In a medium mixing bowl beat egg until frothy. Stir in buttermilk and sweet potatoes. Pour mixture into flour mixture stirring just until blended. Pour batter into greased 9x9x2 inch baking dish.
• Bake 20 minutes or until center springs back when pressed. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares and serve.

FAVORITE "NON-CRUMBLE" CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. While oven is heating, melt the shortening in a cast iron skillet.
• Mix dry ingredients. Add eggs and milk and mix well with electric mixer. Pour melted shortening into batter and blend until smooth. Pour batter into hot iron skillet and bake 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown.