Everyday Corn Bread

Try this basic cornbread recipe and go a little beyond with some honey for good measure.

Things you will need for this recipe, besides the oven:

• Large mixing bowl
• Baking pan - greased with your favorite ingredient.  8in. x 8in. will give you nice square pieces.  If you have other sizes, note that baking time may change.
• Measuring cups and spoons for the small stuff
• Oven at 425 F degrees.

Here are the ingredients:​

From the pantry:

• 1 cup of Yummmy® Coarse Corn Meal
• 1 cup of all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of Salt
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of Baking Powder
• Honey optional as mentioned in the instructions below.

From the refrigerator:

• 1/4 cup of butter - preferably unsalted and softened so that it mixes well.   More butter may be needed if you go with the honey/butter mix mentioned in the instructions below.
• 1 Egg, preferably large
• 1 cup of milk - (if you don't have some in fridge, make some delicious instant milk with Yummmy® instant dry milk powder)

Let's make some cornbread!

Start by combining all the dry ingredients into you large mixing bowl.  Once the dry ingredients are fully combined, add the egg, the milk and the butter.  Beat for 30 seconds to one minute - be sure to not mix the batter too much.  Pour the mix into the greased pan Once the mix is evenly spread on your pan, place it in your already heated oven and bake for 18 to 25 minutes, depending on your oven.  

And then some:

To vary your cornbread, consider mixing some honey with some butter in a skillet and melting them until a consistency that allows you to pour it evenly over your fully baked cornbread.  Carefully  spread the honey/butter mix across the top of your cornbread.  

Enjoy!

​Photo by Buenosia Carol