American South

Cornbread

Name: Cornbread
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup fine cornmeal maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal); 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 3/4 tsp salt; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 egg; 5 tbsp melted, plus for pan butter

Golden, crumbly, slightly sweet, with crisp edges from a hot pan. Butter on standby.

35 minTime

6 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayButtermilk cornbread baked in a hot skillet.

The original

238kcalsame

6 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

35minutessame

Cornbread.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal)1 cup fine cornmeal

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Sugar3 tbsp

Baking powder2 tsp

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)¼ tsp

Salt¾ tsp

Buttermilk1 cup

Egg2

Butter5 tbsp, melted, plus for pan

Method

5 steps

1Put a 23 cm cast iron pan or tin with a knob of butter in the oven and heat to 210 C.
2Whisk cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. In another bowl whisk buttermilk, eggs and melted butter.
3Combine just until no dry streaks remain.
4Pour into the hot pan and bake 20 to 22 minutes.
5Cool 5 minutes and cut into wedges.

Serve it like this

Cut into wedges straight from the pan and serve warm with soft butter and honey, or next to a bowl of chilli or gumbo.

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Cornbread

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