Easiest Way to Prepare Southern Skillet Cornbread

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Southern Skillet Cornbread is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Southern Skillet Cornbread is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

While others try to steal the title of the best homemade cornbread recipe, the South will always remain the reigning cornbread champions. Down South, this side is a staple at cookouts, potlucks, and Sunday dinners at home. Get ready for a no-leftovers guaranteed recipe.

Easiest Way to Make Southern Skillet Cornbread

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have southern skillet cornbread using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Southern Skillet Cornbread:

1. Prepare 3 tbsp butter
2. Prepare 2 eggs
3. Get 2 cups buttermilk
4. Make ready 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
5. Take 1/2 cup flour
6. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
7. Get 1 teaspoon baking soda
8. Take 1/2 tsp kosher salt
9. Take 2 tsp granulated sugar (or 1-2 tbsp molasses)
10. Prepare 1 tbsp high-smokepoint fat, like bacon grease or canola oil

Skillet cornbread is the perfect last-minute easy side dish. It pairs well with everything from barbecue and ribs to soup, stew. However, today's cornbread recipe is for the savory type of cornbread. Traditionally baked in a cast iron skillet, this cornbread is hearty, rustic, and has a crunchy crust.

Instructions

Steps to make Southern Skillet Cornbread:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Add fat to a 10-in cast iron skillet and put into the oven while preheating.
2. Melt butter and set aside to cool.
3. Beat eggs. Whisk in buttermilk. Slowly stream in butter while whisking. Add molasses, if desired.
4. In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar). Add wet ingredients and whisk thoroughly.
5. Remove cast iron from oven when it reaches temp. Rotate/twist to ensure even coating of grease.
6. Quickly add batter to center of pan (it will bubble and sizzle a LOT!). Gently spread out if needed (don't scrape the pan).
7. Bake for 25-35 minutes until deeply browned and pulling away from the sides. Cool 15 minutes in the pan. Serve while still warm, with butter and honey.
8. The original recipe, from my spouse's great grandma.

I enjoyed cast iron skillet cornbread throughout my childhood. In a medium sized mixing bowl…. Add Cornmeal; Add Flour; Add Sugar; Add Salt; Add Baking Soda, whisk all the dry ingredients together. Pure, unsweetened corn bread is first cooked over high heat in a cast-iron skillet before baking into the oven. This is a traditional Southern approach to making this popular bread.

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