old fashioned southern cornbread

Name: Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon(s) bacon grease or butter; 1 cup(s) self-rising cornmeal; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1 - egg; 3/4 cup(s) buttermilk

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Susan Feliciano

Oak Ridge, TN

Updated on Jan 2, 2013

Got this recipe from the Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook, made in my cast iron skillet. I added the sugar to it; most cooks in the South refuse to put sugar in their cornbread. This uses plain self-rising cornmeal, no flour added.

Rate

prep time 15 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield 6-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons bacon grease or butter
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
2 tablespoons sugar
1 - egg
3/4 cup buttermilk

How To Make old fashioned southern cornbread

Step 1

Place the bacon grease or butter in the bottom of a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Preheat it at 425°F for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile, mix up batter: Stir together cornmeal, sugar, egg, and buttermilk to a thin batter.
Step 3

When skillet is preheated, pour batter into skillet. It will sizzle and start to form a crust - don't be alarmed. Bake the skillet of cornbread at 425°F about 20-23 minutes, until nicely browned.
Step 4

Cut into wedges. Serve immediately with lots of butter.
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