Simple Way to Make Favorite Southern Skillet Cornbread

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, southern skillet cornbread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Southern Skillet Cornbread is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Southern Skillet Cornbread is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook southern skillet cornbread using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Skillet Cornbread:

1. Prepare 3 tbsp butter
2. Take 2 eggs
3. Make ready 2 cups buttermilk
4. Make ready 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
5. Prepare 1/2 cup flour
6. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking soda
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp kosher salt
9. Prepare 2 tsp granulated sugar (or 1-2 tbsp molasses)
10. Prepare 1 tbsp high-smokepoint fat, like bacon grease or canola oil

Instructions to make Southern Skillet Cornbread:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Add fat to a 10-in cast iron skillet and put into the oven while preheating.
2. Melt butter and set aside to cool.
3. Beat eggs. Whisk in buttermilk. Slowly stream in butter while whisking. Add molasses, if desired.
4. In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar). Add wet ingredients and whisk thoroughly.
5. Remove cast iron from oven when it reaches temp. Rotate/twist to ensure even coating of grease.
6. Quickly add batter to center of pan (it will bubble and sizzle a LOT!). Gently spread out if needed (don't scrape the pan).
7. Bake for 25-35 minutes until deeply browned and pulling away from the sides. Cool 15 minutes in the pan. Serve while still warm, with butter and honey.
8. The original recipe, from my spouse's great grandma.

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