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southern cornbread by renae

★★★★★ 3
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By Renae McVay
from New Albany, MS

There must be a thousand ways we Southerners make cornbread. This is just mine. My family enjoys it and I hope you will too. It's a little different than your standard recipe but we like the buttery taste.

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This cornbread is super easy to make and is fantastic. The aroma of butter, while it's in the oven, is mouthwatering. It bakes up to a perfect golden brown. And, it's crispy on the crust but nice and tender on the inside. This cornbread has a ton of buttery flavor and slides right out of cast iron pan. Delicious!

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
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★★★★★ 3
serves 9-10
prep time 10 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For southern cornbread by renae

  • 1 c
    self-rising cornmeal
  • 1/3 c
    plain flour
  • 2
    large eggs
  • 1-1/2 c
    buttermilk
  • 1/2 c
    melted margarine (not butter)
  • 1
    8-inch cast iron skillet
  • butter flavored spray coating for pan

How To Make southern cornbread by renae

  • Dry ingredients in a bowl and a greased cast iron pan on the preheated stove.
    1
    Mix the dry ingredients together with a whisk. In the mean time melt the margarine in a microwave but save til the end. Also heavily coat the cast iron skillet with the butter flavored spray and place in a cold oven. Set the oven for 400 degrees and start it heating.
  • Wet ingredients added to make the batter.
    2
    Add eggs to the dry mixture and stir in buttermilk. Make sure the consistency is just a little thinner than pudding. May want less or more buttermilk than called for so stir in half or more of the buttermilk and work from there.
  • Adding melted margarine to the batter.
    3
    Once the batter is the right consistency, mix in the melted margarine continuing to use the whisk. Make sure well incorporated.
  • Cast iron pan with batter baking in the oven.
    4
    Remove the now hot skillet from the oven that should be at 400 degrees by now and pour the batter into the pan. Should hear a little sizzle. Place in oven and bake for approximately 25 minutes. Turn out onto a plate, slice and enjoy.
  • 5
    Note: The reason I use margarine instead of butter is because of the oil content. Margarine is just essentially butter flavored oil.
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