Down Home Southern Cornbread Recipes

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cornbread mix according to package directions, using an 8-in. square baking dish. Crumble when cool., Mix sour cream, mayonnaise and salad dressing mix until blended. In a separate bowl, combine tomatoes, peppers and 1/2 cup green onions. , In a 3-qt. glass bowl, layer half of each: cornbread, beans, tomato mixture, cheese, bacon, corn and dressing. Repeat layers. Top with remaining green onions. Refrigerate 3 hours.

BUTTERY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Combine eggs and milk. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with egg mixture., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cut into squares; serve warm.

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.

CRACKLIN CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Put the butter in the center of an 8" cast iron skillet and place it in the oven so it can get sizzling hot.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients, including cracklins in a large bowl.
• Mix the wet ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Combine the wet and dry ingredients. The batter will be very thick.
• Take the skillet out of the oven and pour the batter into the hot skillet.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Return the skillet to the oven and bake the cornbread for 25 minutes.
• Remove the cornbread from the oven and place the skillet on a heatproof trivet or hot pad.
• Allow the cornbread to cool for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

SOUTHERN SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Combine the flour, baking powder, corn meal, salt, and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the eggs, then pour the milk.
• Next add the vegetable oil and the butter.
• Mix everything until it's well combined.
• Fold the ingredients until well combined.
• Lightly oil a 9x13, and pour the cornbread batter.
• Bake on 350 for 35-40 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy!

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• If you are using cast iron, place the 1/4 cup oil in the bottom of a 9" skillet and place over high heat on your stovetop while you make the batter.
• Pour the cornmeal into a bowl and add the oil, egg, and buttermilk.
• Mix until combined and drop a small amount into your skillet.
• If it sizzles immediately, go ahead and pour in your batter to within 1 inch of the top. If you want a thinner cornbread, just don't pour in as much.
• Transfer the skillet from the stove top to the hot oven.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and set.

DOWN HOME SOUTHERN GREENS

Steps:

• Add bacon bones, chili and water to a medium stockpot set over high heat. Bring to the boil. Then, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until water is diminished by half (about 45 minutes). Remove bones from broth with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool.
• Once the bones are cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones. Discard the bones, and return the meat to the pot containing the broth, along with the greens. Return to the boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low and cook until liquid is reduced by about half again, and greens melt in your mouth (about 45 minutes).
• Taste. Season, as needed, with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Sprinkle with pepper vinegar (a few Tbsps should be sufficient) to taste.
• Serve with homemade cornbread, spoon bread, biscuits or rice (to sop up the "pot liquor"), and more pepper vinegar, for diners to add according to their individual tastes.

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

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.

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