Mikes Cornbread Food

PERFECTLY SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease 8-inch square baking pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, corn meal, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Combine milk, eggs, oil and butter in small bowl and mix well. Add to flour mixture and stir just until blended.
• Pour into baking pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.
• For corn muffins, spoon batter into muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans.

"ALMOST FAMOUS" CORN PUDDING

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the hot coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only to medium-high heat.
• Whisk together the creamed corn, cornbread mix, eggs, corn kernels, sour cream and scallions in a large bowl. Melt the butter and mascarpone in a small saucepot over low heat, stirring occasionally. (Be careful not to simmer or the mixture will separate.) Pour the melted butter and mascarpone into the large bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper and mix well to combine.
• Butter a large Dutch oven and pour the mixture in. Place over indirect heat, cover the grill and bake at 325 to 375 degrees F until the mixture is set and golden brown on top, about 1 hour. Take off the grill and serve!
• (Alternatively, you can bake the corn pudding in a 350 degrees F oven for 1 hour.)

MIKE'S CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Spray a 13x19-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray (batter may be divided between two smaller pans, just adjust baking time accordingly. If a large pan isn't used, the batter will run over in the oven and burn).
• Mix all the dry ingredients together and make a well in the center.
• Stir all the wet ingredients together and pour all at once into the well in the middle of the dry ingredients.
• Stir just until the dry ingredients are dampened - don't overmix.
• Pour batter into pan, spread evenly, and bake for 25-30 minutes for the pan size given.

BAKED MINI CORN DOGS

Steps:

• Warm the milk to about 110 degrees in a saucepan; pour into a medium bowl. Sprinkle in the yeast and let soften for about 2 minutes. Stir in the olive oil, brown sugar and cornmeal with a wooden spoon. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and cayenne pepper; stir to make a sticky dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead, adding more flour if needed, until smooth but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball, place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Meanwhile, insert a wooden stick or small skewer into each hot dog half, about 1 inch deep; set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and lightly oil a large baking sheet. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 18 pieces. With your palms, roll each piece into a 10-inch length. Wrap each piece around a hot dog half, tucking and pressing the edges to seal; place on the baking sheet.
• Brush the dough-wrapped dogs with the beaten egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired. Bake until golden, 15 minutes.