Skillet Cornbread
"One of those recipes I've learned since moving to the South. This delicious homemade cornbread is baked in an oven-safe skillet - preferably one that is heavyweight (I use my cast iron skillet)."
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter, cold or 4 tablespoons margarine
- 1 (8 ounce) can cream-style corn
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 10-inch skillet with oven-safe handle.
- In a a large bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and black pepper. With a pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in margarine or butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. With fork, stir cream-style corn, egg, and cheese into flour mixture just until blended (batter will be very stiff).
- Place greased skillet in oven; preheat pan 5 minutes (to help brown bottom of cornbread). Remove pan from oven; spoon batter into skillet and spread evenly with small metal spatula.
- Bake cornbread 15 to 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean and corn bread is firm to the touch. Cut into 8 wedges and serve warm.
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Reviews
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Melt a couple of table spoons of bacon grease in the skillet when preheating, then swoosh it around in the skillet before pouring in the cornbread to bake. Gives it the authentic southern touch.
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<p>I recently celebrated my 19th anniversary living in SW Florida. I moved here from Massachusetts, just north of Boston. As much as I miss family back home, I truly love living here - the beaches, the tropical beauty, the people, and the weather (except the hurricanes!). Everyday is just another day in Paradise. I work at the new international airport here in Fort Myers. I have an opportunity to meet many different and interesting people from around the world. I've had an interest in cooking since I was a little boy, following my grandmother around the kitchen. Since I wasn't blessed with any artistic or musical talent, I think cooking was my way of being creative. My passion is my family and friends. My second passion is cooking for them. My favorite way to entertain is informally...brunches, cookouts, and small dinner parties. Just relaxing, enjoying each other's company, some good food and drink, and a little fun are the only rules of the house.</p>
