easy spoon spread

Name: Easy Spoon Spread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 tablespoon(s) butter; 3 cup(s) milk; 1 cup(s) cornmeal; 3 - eggs beaten; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/4 cup(s) sugar

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Beth Pierce

Ofallon, MO

Updated on Jun 20, 2022

This classic Southern Spoon Bread recipe is a creamy moist cornbread with the consistency somewhere between a soufflé and a pudding. Served hot with a spoon this delicious traditional dish goes great with braised or roasted meats and vegetables.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 35 Min

method Bake

yield 10 serving(s)

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
3 cups milk
1 cup cornmeal
3 - eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup sugar

How To Make easy spoon spread

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Step 2

Put butter in a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish and place in the oven.
Step 3

Heat the milk in a large saucepan until fine bubbles start surfacing around the sides of the pan. Slowly add the cornmeal to the milk whisking to combine.
Step 4

Once well-combined whisk several tablespoons of the hot corn meal mixture into the beaten eggs and stir to warm the eggs. Repeat again adding several more tablespoons of the hot corn meal mixture and stirring.
Step 5

Add the warmed (tempered) eggs, salt, baking powder, and sugar to the cornbread mixture stirring to combine. Carefully pour the mixture into the hot casserole dish and bake for 35 minutes or until lightly browned. For best results serve hot.
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