Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Laura's Super Awesome Cornbread Recipe

We were at a BBQ over the weekend where we had the most amazing cornbread.
Since this blog is also my recipe database, I had to share.  The original recipe comes from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandmothers-buttermilk-cornbread/Detail.aspx  but as written here, includes Laura's changes.

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cup cornmeal
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 corn kernels

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch square pan.
  2. Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until well blended and few lumps remain. 
  3. Preheat 10" cast iron skillet in the oven for 15 mins
  4. Then Melt a tbsp. of butter in the skillet
  5. Then dump in the batter
  6. Drizzle 2 tb of molasses over the top
  7. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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