RCI-BR.001.0019.001

Skillet Cornbread

Name: Skillet Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
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 unit egg; 2 to 3 tablespoons melted butter or pan drippings; 1 cup milk or buttermilk.

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Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

white all-purpose flour
3/4 cup
baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons
white sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons
salt
3/4 teaspoons
yellow or white corn meal
1 1/4 cups
egg
1 unit
melted butter or pan drippings
2 to 3 tablespoons
milk or buttermilk.
1 cup

Method

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.

Skillet Cornbread

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