Fantabulous Yankee Cornbread

Name: Fantabulous Yankee Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 cornbread, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup yellow cornmeal; 1/3 cup sugar; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon table salt (table salt, not kosher); 2 large eggs; 1 cup whole milk; 1/4 cup oil (please do not use canola oil or you will get a heavy, greasy result); 1 tablespoon shortening (I use Crisco)

Submitted by Secret Agent

"A little sweeter than Southern and really good! Make this in a 9 inch cast iron skillet for the best results and it may become your favorite corn bread too! DH loves this with Recipe #272121 and fried potatoes. UPDATE!!! YES! I did omit 4 teaspoons of baking powder in the recipe! Mea Culpa! It should be sifted along with the dry ingredients. I am so sorry and thank you for pointing it out to me. SA :( I have corrected the recipe."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 1 cornbread
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
³⁄₄ teaspoon table salt (table salt, not kosher)
2 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
¹⁄₄ cup oil (please do not use canola oil or you will get a heavy, greasy result)
1 tablespoon shortening (I use Crisco)

directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Once the oven is hot start the recipe since you want a screaming hot oven.
Grease the bottom and sides of the cast iron skillet with the shortening. Use more than 1 tablespoon if you need to get more coverage.
By hand, sift all the dry ingredients together and stir them to make sure they are combined and make a well in the center.
Combine the eggs, milk and oil and mix well.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir only until they combine. I fold them together with a spatula.
Let batter rest for 5 minutes.
Gently pour into your cast iron skillet being careful not to deflate the batter.
Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

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the First thing i noticed about this recipe is that is does not include any baking soda or powder and so though the cornbread is very good, its dense and flat. Is this an error in the recipe?

mmp1958

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Secret Agent

Hello Zaars and Zaarinas! Thank all of you who tried my 'memory' recipes and left such nice reviews and for taking such lovely pictures. I do appreciate your comments. My pet peeves about cooking are recipe reviews where the reviewer says, "I made the recipe exactly as written EXCEPT yada yada yada" and I don't like suggestive names or titles such as, "Better Than Sex". I don't know why anyone would eat anything that is 'sinful' or 'decadent' since decadent is described as being decaying. Also, PAP-RI-KA only has 3 syllables. VINAIGRETTE is pronounced vin-a-grette, not vinager-ette. It's mas-car-pone not mars-ca-pone. And I don't like cutesy adult baby talk,,, or metro chic names like delish, nutrish, yummo, sammy, BAM! Oh well, I make as many, or more, faux pas as the next guy especially in ASL! Things that crack me up are: DH Fred from youtube.com Nick, my nephew Fish and Poi song as performed by PoiBoi My possum recipe per the song on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVvL4-srt6U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpbyM8k7e2Q wow this is good! my Doggie Little Yellow Petey Bird on youtube My BFF's. all of them and there are so many! and my little Sister Mary Beth. She has MS and Lupus and a great attitude. <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PAC08Main.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg">

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