Saturday was what I like to designate as BBQ day. We get some meat (this time it was only a Boston Butt roast as the rib selection was pretty scarce when I went to the store) Ken seasons it up and puts it on the smoker and I make some delicious homemade sides. I made macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, southern style green beans (recipe to come soon) and corn bread. Now I’ve made corn bread before but I’ve never made it in a cast iron skillet. Why, you ask? Well, because up until a few weeks ago, I didn’t own a cast iron skillet. I had been meaning to purchase one for some time but it didn’t happen until a few weeks ago. When I was a kid, 95% of the time, our corn bread was made in the cast iron skillet. It come out delicious and moist! This recipe I am about to share with you is by far the best corn bread I’ve ever made. I hope you enjoy the recipe.
Ingredients
adapted from allrecipes.com
- 1/2 C butter, melted
- 1/2 C white sugar
- 2 eggs, room temp
- 1 C buttermilk
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 C all purpose flour
- 1 C cornmeal
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 10 inch cast iron skillet
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Mix the melted butter and sugar together. Add the egg and beat until blended. Add the buttermilk and baking soda and mix well, Add the cornmeal, flour and salt and mix until lumpy.
3. Add the vegetable to the cast iron skillet and put in the preheated oven for about 4 minutes. Remove and coat the pan (inner bottom and sides) using a paper towel. Pour any excess oil into the batter and mix well.
4. Add the batter into the cast iron skillet and bake on the middle rack for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Enjoy
This recipe has been revamped – I recently made it again (5/26/13) and took new, much more appealing photos!
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I LOVE cornbread.. that looks so good
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I don't know is I ever saw a recipe for cornbread made with buttermilk. It has to be good. Thank you.
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It looks super tempting to me
I wasn't hungry a minute ago, but now I AM
Thanks for stopping by, Winnie! This is so good.
I love cornbread. I really need to find a cast iron skillet. I'm a discount shopper and can't find one on sale!
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Good afternoon, Julie! I love cornbread and so does my family! I'm stopping by to let you know that your project will be featured at this week's All my Bloggy Friends. I can't wait to see what you share this week.
Hi Julie..I just found this recipe over at Love Bakes Good Cakes!
I've been looking for a good cornbread recipe, I gonna have to give this a try
If you don’t have buttermilk you can make sour milk , it works good for replacement………..1Tbls Lemon 1c of milk, let it set a few minutes to sour…
Great minds think a like… love my cast iron pan and love your cornbread. Might use it on top of my skillet taco pie.
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Ooo, that would be fantastic! I am going to make your skillet taco pie one day soon!