Down Home Southern Cornbread Food

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.

REAL SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the corn meal, flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In a separate bowl mix together the eggs, butter, and buttermilk. Add to the dry ingredients and stir until well blended.
• Heat a dry 12 inch cast iron skillet over high heat for 2 minutes. Add corn oil to skillet, swirl oil around to coat bottom and sides. Leave remaining oil in pan. Return to high heat for 1 minute.
• Pour the cornbread batter into the skillet and cook on high heat until bubbles start to form in the center. Remove from stove.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree F (200 degree C) oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

HONEY CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Into a large bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the whole milk, eggs, butter, and honey. Add the wet to the dry ingredients and stir until just mixed.
• Place muffin paper liners in a 12-cup muffin tin. Evenly divide the cornbread mixture into the papers. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden.

DOWN HOME SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2. My mother in-law used a huge cast iron skillet but I used a 13x9 baking dish. What ever you have on hand. Put bacon drippings in pan and place pan in oven. You can substitute vegetable oil or butter for the bacon drippings but everything is better with bacon. ;)
• 3. stir the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• 4. Beat eggs then add them to buttermilk.
• 5. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and stir just till smooth, don't over do it.
• 6. Pull hot pan out of oven and pour hot bacon drippings into mixture. stir till mixed.
• 7. Immediately pour mixture into hot pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until the middle springs back when pressed.
• 8. Slather on the butter and enjoy! :D

CAROLINA GIRL'S CORNBREAD DRESSING/STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 deg.
• 2. In a pan, saute onions and celery in butter until translucent.
• 3. Add sausage to pan, cook until done.
• 4. In a large bowl mix cornbread, crushed saltine crackers, and bread cubes.
• 5. Pour onion and sausage mixture into bowl with bread mix.
• 6. In separate bowl, mix chicken broth and eggs together then add to bread mix.
• 7. Add can of soup, mix well.
• 8. Add poultry seasoning and salt and pepper to taste.
• 9. Pour in to greased baking dish (mix should be pourable but not soupy).
• 10. Bake in oven for 45 mins to 1 hours.

SUZANNE'S DOWN HOME SOUTHERN DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with bacon grease.
• Mix corn bread mix with milk and egg according to package directions. In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook onion and bell pepper in 1/2 cup butter until tender. Stir onion mixture into corn bread batter. Pour into prepared 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Cool completely. Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Processed cooled corn bread in a food processor until soft and mushy. Pour into a large aluminum roasting pan. Stir in herbed stuffing mix. Stir in chicken broth, a can at a time, until mixture is well moistened, but not soupy. Stir in poultry seasoning and baking powder. Dot with remaining butter, and press butter down into dressing.
• Bake in preheated oven until puffed and golden, 30 to 45 minutes.