Down Home Cornbread Recipes

CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400³F.
• Grease bottom and side or round pan, 9x1 1/2 inches, or square pan, 8x8x2 inches, with shortening.
• Beat milk, butter and egg in large bowl with hand beater or wire whisk.
• Stir in remaining ingredients all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy).
• Pour into pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Serve warm if desired.

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 CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Coat a cast iron skillet with nonstick spray.
• Sift the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. (This can be done the night before and kept covered on the counter.)
• Stir in the eggs, milk and butter with a wooden spoon until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overmix.
• Pour into the skillet and bake until golden brown around the edges, about 15 minutes. The cornbread is done when a small knife inserted in the center comes out dry. Best when served warm from the oven
• 1 slice = 1/12 of cornbread

DAD'S DOWN HOME CORNBREAD AND JALAPENO MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
• Mix the ground beef and ground pork in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the corn, cornbread, sour cream, pepperjack cheese, onion, milk, egg, jalapeno peppers, garlic, kosher salt, and pepper. Gently mix the corn mixture into the meat mixture. Form into a rounded loaf shape, and place in the prepared baking dish
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, to a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees F (72 degrees C). Loosely cover with aluminum foil during the last 15 minutes of cook time if the loaf is overly brown.

AUNT TRUDY'S DOWN HOME CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Mix above in bowl and stir. Additional lowfat milk may be needed, depending on dryness of mix.Preheat oven 425 degrees. In 8 to 9 inch ovenproof pan, place 1 stick of butter and slowly heat on top burner till melted. Pour mix into the heated pan with the butter/butter. Bake cornbread for about 30 minute or possibly till brown as you like.

GIFT IN A JAR: DOWN HOME CORNBREAD MIX

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl: Mix all ingredients together well.
• 2. Spoon 2 cups of mixture into dry sterilized jars. Wipe the rim of the jars. Place lids and rings.
• 3. Make the following recipe cards: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Down Home Cornbread: 1 jar cornbread mix 1 large egg 1 cup milk 1/4 cup Crisco shortening Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix together well with a fork or a whisk until smooth (for about 1 minute...do not over beat). Grease a 8-inch square pan. Pour in the batter. Place in oven. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 4. Cut 6-8 inch circles from cloth. Place a circle on each jar. Secure cloth in place with a rubber band. Cover the rubber band with a pretty ribbon, put recipe card on the ribbon and tie a pretty bow.

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