Moist Cornbread with HoneyLime Butter

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Other Side Dishes, Other Desserts, Muffins, Sweet Breads, Savory Breads, Other Breads, Chili
Keywords:	butter, sweet, cornbread, honey, lime, moist, jalepeno
Serves:	9
Prep Time:	10 Min
Cook Time:	25 Min

Ingredients

2/3 c	sugar
1/2 c	butter, melted (or olive oil, plus 1/8 tsp. salt...won't notice a difference!)
2	eggs
1/2 tsp	baking soda
1 c	buttermilk (or 1 tbsp. lime juice plus enough milk to equal one cup, left to sit a couple minutes)
1/2 tsp	salt
1 c	cornmeal
1 c	flour (whole wheat o.k.)
2 small	jalepeno; remove seeds & white ribs, then dice (optional ingredient)
HONEY LIME BUTTER
1/2 c	butter, softened
1 tsp	lime zest (i do all the zest from a whole lime)
1 Tbsp	honey
Sprinkle	salt (optional)

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C C

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C's Notes:

Amazing with Beth McDaniel's blue ribbon White Bean Chili! My family & I were in heaven tonight. This will become a regular at my house...the whole meal was simple, but special. Definite comfort food...even for the picky 7 yr. old!
I did make them count the cornbread as dessert, but they were o.k. with that, it was so tasty!
At least you can use whole wheat without noticing a difference. :)
Got off the Internet a long time ago, & when I looked to see who to attribute it to, there were a zillion different sites with the same recipe. My thanks to who ever was the originator!

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Grease 8" square baking dish.

Combine cornbread ingredients, starting with sugar & baking soda, then the rest in order given, stirring with a rubber spatula, until just all combined. (Don't over stir once you add flour.)

Pour into greased baking dish & bake for 25-35 minutes, or till lightly browned on edges and toothpick comes out clean.

Combine honey butter ingredients, and serve with warm cornbread.

Without the jalapeños, this makes a great dessert, in my opinion. (Sweet cornbread used to be served as a dessert.) If pairing with the white bean chicken chili, serve right along side each other...they compliment each other perfectly! (I don't add corn to my chili, so the corn bread adds that sweet flavor.)

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C C SaffronSun

Feb 5, 2013

This is a link to my "quick" version of Beth McDaniel's blue ribbon White Bean Chili, that goes so well with this cornbread. White Chicken Chili

C C SaffronSun

Feb 7, 2013

I tried using extra virgin olive oil plus 1/8 tsp. salt as a replacement for the butter, tonight, and it turned out just as good as the one with butter the night before!

Perhaps even better, because I felt entitled to slather on the yummy honey lime butter more freely! Ha!