Kitchen

[Pooky1]

I told someone I would post this recipe but I'm trying to find the person  and I can't seem to find you so I'm posting in this way do you will see it.if I have to redo it I will.

3 cups all purpose flour

2 cups milk

1 cup fine cornmeal

1 cup granulated sugar

2 sticks of butter

3 eggs beaten

2 tablespoons baking powder

Melt butter in a cast iron pan until butter starts v to brown but not burnt.  Mix milk,melted butter in a bowl, then add beaten egg to milk.sift all dry ingredients and mix in a bowl. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients and let rest for 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with salt. bake for 30 to 35 minutes.   I once sprinkled sugar instead of salt so when I noticed it I sprinkled salt on over the sugar. It gave it such a good flavor that I do it all the time.I figured I would include my mistake and you decided to give it a try or not but good luck and enjoy Nd let me know what you think of it.

[alliswell]

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@Pooky1 wrote:

I told someone I would post this recipe but I'm trying to find the person  and I can't seem to find you so I'm posting in this way do you will see it.if I have to redo it I will.

3 cups all purpose flour

2 cups milk

1 cup fine cornmeal

1 cup granulated sugar

2 sticks of butter

3 eggs beaten

2 tablespoons baking powder

Melt butter in a cast iron pan until butter starts v to brown but not burnt.  Mix milk,melted butter in a bowl, then add beaten egg to milk.sift all dry ingredients and mix in a bowl. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients and let rest for 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with salt. bake for 30 to 35 minutes.   I once sprinkled sugar instead of salt so when I noticed it I sprinkled salt on over the sugar. It gave it such a good flavor that I do it all the time.I figured I would include my mistake and you decided to give it a try or not but good luck and enjoy Nd let me know what you think of it.

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@Pooky1 Thanks for your recipe & sugar / salt tip!

[kate2357]

@Pooky1 

I love sweet corn bread. I add a bit of sweet white corn into my corn bread and usually make muffins vs a round loaf. I also glaze the top (when still warm) with a honey/butter mix. I think I will try your salt/sugar idea. I bet it's delish.

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Thank you for sharing your recipe.

[Icegoddess]

I just use the recipe on the back of the White Lily White Cornmeal mix bag.  No sugar.

[RedTop]

Right off the bat this is an absolute NO for me.  Ina might call this cornbread, but in my area of WV this ain't cornbread!  One cup of cornmeal to 3 cups of flour, plus a whole cup of sugar, is NOT the kind of cornbread my WV family eats.   

[Pooky1]

Red top I like the way you said what you said.  Originally making cornbread for me was buying a box of jiffy corn bread mix so when I started looking at cornbread recipes I was surprised how little cornmeal actually went into a cornbread recipe..

[Sooner]

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@RedTop wrote:

Right off the bat this is an absolute NO for me.  Ina might call this cornbread, but in my area of WV this ain't cornbread!  One cup of cornmeal to 3 cups of flour, plus a whole cup of sugar, is NOT the kind of cornbread my WV family eats.   

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@RedTop I have cooked for more than 55 years, have had hundreds of cookbooks, and yep--that's CAKE.

[layla2450]

WAY too much butter and sugar - MOST of her recipes are high in butter, sugar, and calories - NO THANKS.

[kate2357]

So I never knew until tonight that there is Southern Corn bread vs  Nothern Corn bread and it's all about sugar and eggs. So I had to pull out my recipe card and I make a southern style corn bread as a base, but many times I add other ingredients...like corn or jalapeños, bacon, cheese....just depends. 

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Thanks again @Pooky1 for sharing your recipe and starting an interesting rabbit hole for me to go down. 😀

[happilyretiredgirl]

Real cornbread for me is no sugar and is delicious which is what I prefer and I am southern and grew up on cornbread.  When sugar was added it was called sweet bread and was more of dessert.  I always make cornbread to go with soups, stews, chili and soup beans with ham (pinto beans, navy beans, great northern beans, kidney beans). Good comfort food when it is cold.