Melt In Your Mouth Cornbread Food

HONEY BUTTER CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 9 by 13 pan.
• To sour the milk: Bring milk to room temperature (I put it the microwave for a few seconds). Add 2 Tbls vinegar.
• Once the milk starts to curdle, add the baking soda.
• In a large skillet, melt butter. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Stir in the sour milk and baking soda mixture. Add the cornmeal, flour and salt and stir to combine making sure a few lumps are left. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 - 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• For the topping: Add honey to softened butter and combine well. Spread evenly over the top of the hot cornbread.

HONEY SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 8x8 baking pan and set aside.
• Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in mixing bowl and set aside.
• Place margarine and sugar in large bowl of mixer and cream until smooth. Add honey and eggs and beat to blend, scraping bottom and sides of bowl frequently.
• Beat in half of the milk. Beat in half of the flour mixture. Repeat with remaining milk and flour mixture.
• With mixer at lowest speed, continue to mix for 4 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in oven 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

GLUTEN FREE MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• NOTE #1 - See the variation on the dough by Chef #1178009.
• NOTE #2 - SEE NEW WAY TO BAKE THESE, FROM DreamoBway, LISTED IN MY DESCRIPTION ABOVE.
• NOTE #3 - SEE NEW USE FOR THIS COOKY LISTED IN MY DESCRIPTION ABOVE AS "UPDATE(12//15/09)".
• Sift cornstarch, sugar and rice flour together.
• Add butter.
• Mix with hands until soft dough forms. Refrigerate one hour.
• Shape dough into 1" balls.
• Place about 1-1/4 inches apart on greased cookie sheet; flatten with lightly floured fork.
• Bake at 300ºF(150ºC) for 20-25 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• VARIATIONS: Form balls as above. Roll in finely crushed corn flakes or crushed nuts. Press top of ball with thumb. Add a dab of jelly.
• Mix in 2 tbls. finely chopped citrus peel and/or 2 tbls. finely chopped nuts. Flatten with lightly floured fork.

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!