Showing posts with label Cornbread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornbread. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Four Delicious Cornbread Recipes

Cornbread Recipe 1

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon yeast

4 tablespoons of sugar

1 cup yellow cornmeal

Half cup white flour

Half cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon salt

Mix water yeast and sugar, let it sit for a few minutes until it bubbles.
Stir in the rest of the ingredients, adding water until it is pourable
Bake in a greased 9x9 pan at 350°F for 25 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown

Cornbread Recipe 2

Ingredients:

3/4 cup cornmeal

1 1/4 cup mixture of milk and orange juice (can use however much orange juice as you'd like; 1/4 to 1/2 cup)

1 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Combine cornmeal and milk/orange juice, and let stand 10 minutes.
Combine dry ingredients.
Add egg and oil to cornmeal mixture, then add dry ingredients. Stir until combined.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-20 minutes.

Corn Bread Recipe 3 Sweet Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread is a variation of the Skillet Cornbread made throughout the Southern United States. Sweet Cornbread is common in central and eastern Ontario and Quebec and is sometimes known by the alternative name of Johnny Cake.

Ingredients:

1 cup of cornmeal

2 cups of flour

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 cup of maple syrup

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup of butter

1 teaspoon of salt

2 eggs

In a large bowl beat eggs lightly to break the yolks as you would for scrambled eggs, then mix in the butter (Soften the butter first by heating it a little).

The butter/egg mixture should be loose. Add the sugar and maple syrup, mix well, then add the salt to the liquid mixture.

Mix the cornmeal and baking powder, then blend them into the liquids.

Slowly add the flour as needed to reach a proper cake batter texture. This should be softer than a cookie dough, able to stick to the mixing spool and come off in blobs. You may not need all of the flour, or may even need a little more based on your eggs and how closely you measured.

Pour into a greased pan and put into an oven heated to 400°F and let bake for between 15-25 minutes.

Notes:

When mixing the batter, be sure it is soft enough for a typical cake; you do not want it too moist or dry. Use milk to fill in liquid you need and a half-and-half mix of flour and cornmeal if it is too moist.

Keep a close eye on the cornbread while it bakes: it will become hard fast if you do not take it out in time.

If you want to make a crisper crust take a 3 part mix of equal amounts of flour, cornmeal and brown sugar, mix well. Add to the top of the cake half way into the baking process, but do this very quickly: leaving the door open too long will make your cornbread very hard. The amount required varies based on the pan you use, so use your eyes for what you need (less than a cup total). Despite the call for opening it halfway through baking, adding it at the beginning should work fine as well.

You can substitute honey for the maple syrup, or plain sugar. Maple is used for its flavouring as much as its sweetness.

Margarine or vegetable oil will do as well as butter for this. Butter was used traditionally and is thus listed.
This dish is usually made for after meals and outside them rather than with them, which is how its cousin Skillet Cornbread is used. However, when having Maple Beans and Ham, Sweet Cornbread is often served with it.

Corn Bread Recipe 4 Skillet Cornbread

Skillet Cornbread is commonly found in the Southern United States, this delicious and easy to make dish is often served beside a pot of brown beans. It can be made a day or two ahead of time, as long as care is taken to keep it from drying out.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup white all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 to 2 tablespoons white sugar

3/4 teaspoons salt

1 1/4 cups yellow or white corn meal

1 egg

2 to 3 tablespoons melted butter or pan drippings

1 cup milk or buttermilk.

Preheat the oven to 425°F
Grease the skillet with bacon drippings (ideal) or oil. Butter isn't recommended, since it can burn when you preheat the skillet.
Preheat the skillet until the drippings/oil is smoking. This ensures a good crust on the bottom of the cornbread.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Thoroughly mix the sifted ingredients together and add the corn meal.
In a second bowl, beat the egg well. Add the melted butter (or pan drippings) and the milk and continue to beat until well mixed.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix using fast strokes. Take care not to overmix.
Pour the batter into the skillet and place in the oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes. The cornbread should have a golden brown color when done, and a knitting needle or knife-point will come out "dry" when inserted in the bread.
Notes:

Ideally, all ingredients should be at room temperature (about 75°F) for this recipe. However, a good result can still be had if this is not the case.

Yellow corn meal is preferable to white corn meal, but this can vary according to locality and personal taste.
Optionally, 1/4 to 1/2 cup of diced cooked ham or crumbled bacon can be added to the batter before pouring into the skillet. This may add a few minutes to the baking time.

Ideally, skillet cornbread should be baked in a cast-iron skillet.




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Friday, November 19, 2010

Chili and cornbread

Corn bread 3 / 4 cup melted butter 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 1-1/2 cups buttermilk 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups cornmeal 1 cup flour preheated oven at 350 degrees. Grease "cast iron 10 to the pan and in oven to preheat. Combine sugar and melted butter. Beat the eggs, 1 at a time til blended well. Shaking, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix the flour. Add buttermilk alternately with the flour. Beat til completely blended Pour into heated pan 25 -.. 35 minutes, or untilhappened.



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Monday, October 25, 2010

Chef Walter - Cornbread Festival pt 4

WVLT Chef Walter Lambert trips to the corn bread Festival in South Pittsburgh, TN. He visited the factory to see how Lodge cast iron pans are made.



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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Cracklin Cornbread / Cast Iron Cooking

The hippie done already got some of them cracklings they was rendering over in the park, now to show you all how to make and bake cracklin cornbread. Some say it's old country redneck cooking. I say it's dirt road country,,,,none better. Baked in a cast iron skillet. Use high heat. Cracklings aint nothing but deep fried pork fat, you are on your on when it comes to how healthy they are? Do not eat to much at one time-----it's that good! Put gravy over it and you have a full meal. With a big glass of buttermilk it's even better. This is not low fat. Subscribe,Leave a comment?



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Saturday, May 1, 2010

What's Wrong With My Southern Cornbread? How to Make Great Cornbread

Southern cornbread is a great favorite in the South of the United States. It is also popular around the world. I have had request for my recipe from Germany, India and the Philippine Islands. I suspect that many of these request are from Americans living in these countries. But probably, not all.

You can go on the Internet and find dozens of recipes for Southern Cornbread. Unfortunately, most are not authentic Southern recipes. It saddens me that many people use these recipes thinking they are cooking the real deal when, in fact, they are not. So, let us first determine what is real Southern Cornbread.

The real deal:
1. DOES NOT CONTAIN SUGAR. It is not sweet, it is bread...not cake.
2. Is crunchy and crumbly. It does not have a cake texture.
3. Is white not yellow. (Uses white corn meal)

So, what's wrong with your Southern Cornbread? You are probably making one or more of these mistakes. Here are some tips for making this old, classic favorite.

Sweet Cornbread

Many people prefer sweet cornbread. That's fine, put sugar in it if you like it that way. Just don't call it Southern.

White vs. Yellow

Most recipes you find on the Web call for yellow corn meal. I don't know why. Every good Southern cook I know uses white corn meal. And I really don't know the difference in the corn meals other than one is made from yellow corn and the other from white I suppose. But, the white corn meal seems to give the bread a better texture. And, yellow looks yukky to me. It looks too much like cake instead of bread.

Milk

Always use buttermilk in your cornbread. It gives the bread a better, distinctive flavor. If you do not keep buttermilk on hand (I don't), you can make a reasonable substitute by mixing 1 tablespoon of white vinegar in a cup of regular milk. Allow to sit one minute before use and stir well just prior to use.

Baking Technique

Always pre-heat your oven. Never put your cornbread in a cold oven. (flat, heavy bread). Pre-heat your oven to 400-425 degrees well before you start baking. When the top of the bread is golden brown, remove and flip the bread over to the other side and continue to cook another 10 minutes.

Skillet

Always use a cast iron skillet for Southern cornbread. It gives the best results and...it's the traditional way. Prior to pouring the batter in the skillet, put cooking oil (bacon grease is best) in the skillet and heat on top of the stove until the oil and skillet are very hot. Pour all but a couple of spoons of the oil in your batter, then sprinkle the skillet with dry cornmeal. This will keep the bread from sticking to the skillet.

There are more tips and techniques, but if you use these to start, you will be pleased with your real, authentic, Southern Cornbread.

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Kickin' Sweet Southern Cornbread

My husband got me hooked on his sweet southern style cornbread many years ago, when I told him I didn't like cornbread. He proceeded to make me the best cornbread I had ever tasted, and I've been requesting his cornbread ever since.

A staple at our Holiday table, with chili, meatloaf, or just by itself...we even make it with breakfast!

Type: Bread

Serve With: Softened butter

Prep Time: 8 min

Cook Time: 25-30 min

Yield: 1 8′ square bread or 12 muffins

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups Yellow cornmeal - You may use white cornmeal.

2 Eggs - Large

2 1/3 cups Milk - Buttermilk is even better!

1/2 cup Sugar - Use white sugar.

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Baking soda

1 tsp Sea salt

1/8 tsp Ground black pepper

1 tbsp Butter - Bacon fat works amazingly well too.

2/3 cup Whole kernel corn - * Optional

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 F.

2. Grease with butter or bacon fat a cast iron skillet, or an 8′ square baking pan.

3. In a bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir.

4. In a separate bowl break eggs and beat until frothy, then add milk or buttermilk and mix.

5. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until blended. Allow to sit for 10 min to soften cornmeal.

6. Pour into baking dish and put in oven.

7. Bake approximately 25-30 min, or until knife inserted into middle comes out clean.

8. Serve with soft butter and Enjoy!

You will love this recipe and make it all the time! Anytime I can convince my hubby to make it, it is so wonderful! It is especially great with fejoida!

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Eat Deliciously!

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