Sweet Cream Corn Bread Or New England Johnny Cake Food

SWEET CREAM CORN BREAD OR NEW ENGLAND JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• This is an awesome corn bread..and where as corn bread isn't really healthy..this is just a tad bit healthier then most..really deliscious and yummy fresh out of the oven with some butter on it..
• DIRECTIONS: I could go step by step ...but why complicate this so rediculously simple recip..
• Sooo..sift all dry ingredients together..
• Add eggs and cream..beat vigorously til smooth..add a couple more splashes of heavy cream..stir together til mixed ..spray with bakers joy( or grade and flour( lightly) ) pour into a 9" square pan..bake at 425° for 20° minutes..( check it at 15 min..depending on your oven it may take up to 30° min. But I doubt it..

NEW ENGLAND JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour with baking soda, salt, and sugar.
• Stir in cornmeal.
• Combine eggs, vinegar, milk, and shortening. Add to dry ingredients, and stir just until dry ingredients are moist.
• Turn into a greased 8x8x2" baking pan.
• Bake at 400, for 30-35 minutes.

GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S JOHNNYCAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. Grease 12 medium sized muffin pans, or a sheet pan about 7" X 12".
• 2. Sift together corn meal, flour, salt and soda into your mixing bowl. Stir in the brown sugar.
• 3. Beat the egg and mix with milk and cream. Pour into dry ingredients and stir until flour is dampened.
• 4. Turn into pan and bake in 425 degree oven. Muffins require about 15 minutes; sheet pan about 20 minutes.

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER STEINBECK'S JOHNNYCAKE (CORNBREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch glass baking dish.
• Sift the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, corn oil and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and mix just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan, and shake gently to level it out.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown. Serve hot. Just with butter will do, it is plenty sweet enough!

PA'S OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE / CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425; grease a 13x9 pan.
• Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, stir through, make a well in the center.
• In another bowl, add eggs, milk, and oil all at once; blend well.
• Add wet to dry ingredients, stir until moistened (don't over-mix or you'll be sorry!).
• Fold in optional ingredients. Sausage should be in crumbles or bite-size pieces.
• Pour into prepared pan; rap pan on counter-top several times to bounce out the air-bubbles.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes--top will be golden-brown.
• Serve with butter and maple syrup.
• OPTION #1: Add 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese.
• OPTION #2: Add 1/2 - 1 cup of sweet corn (plain kernels); adds a neat "chewy" texture to the 'cake.'
• OPTION #3: Add 6 hard-boiled, chopped eggs.
• OPTION #4: Add 1 pound fried & drained pork sausage (crumbled) or links (bite-size).
• TIME-SAVING HINT: Gather a handful of 1-quart zipper bags, fill with DRY ingredients, and store in your cupboard. At meal-time, add wet ingredients as described.