Recipe: Perfect Corn Bread

Corn Bread. Cornbread is any quick bread containing cornmeal, and a Native American cuisine. They are usually leavened by baking powder. This savory cornbread recipe, or "Southern Cornbread," will teach you how to make cornbread with bacon drippings and then bake in a hot iron skillet.

This easy cornbread recipe works equally well with yellow, white or blue cornmeal, which is produced by grinding dry raw corn grains until they reach a fine consistency. Just the best vegan cornbread, perfect for serving with chili. It's wonderfully moist, perfectly sweet and only requires one bowl! You can cook Corn Bread using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Corn Bread

1. Prepare 1 cup of Self Rising Flour.
2. You need 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
3. It's 1/4 cup of Sugar.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
5. It's 1 of Egg.
6. You need 1/4 cup of Oil + 2 tablespoons.
7. You need 1/2 cup of Milk (any type of unsweetened).
8. You need 1 cup of Corn Meal (I like Hot Rize).

Cornbread is a highly underrated side dish. You can whip up this deliciously sweet and moist homemade cornbread recipe with just a few pantry staples, and it makes a perfect. Serve it as a side dish. A friend gave me this recipe several years ago, and I think it's the best cornbread recipe I've tried.

Corn Bread step by step

1. If you don't like the grainy texture of most corn bread, make the batter the night before. It will soften the grains up..
2. Put 2 tablespoons of oil in your baking pan or skillet. Place it in the oven. Preheat oven to 425°F. A hot pan will insure crispy crust on the corn bread..
3. Mix dry ingredients. Then add remaining wet. You want a pudding type consistency. If yours is too thick add a little milk. If it's too thin add a little flour or corn meal. If you are adding add ins now's the time..
4. Bake until golden brown on top and a fork can be inserted and come out clean..
5. Run a butter knife around the edges of the pan. Careful not to cut into your corn bread.Place a plate or sheet pan larger than the baking pan over it. Flip your corn bread out to keep that crispy crust..
6. Serve with hot with butter..
7. ****Add in ideas. While mixing add 1/2 cup of corn, onions, peppers, cheese, bacon, cracklings, etc. I made it with leftover turkey sausage before. It was fabulous. Anything you think would be good! That's the cool thing about cooking you can let your personality shine. Make it your on!.

I love to serve the melt-in-your mouth homemade cornbread hot from the oven with butter and syrup. This cornbread is a rare compromise between Southern and Northern cornbreads: it's "just right," as far as the amount of sugar. It's tender and moist, with pleasing corn flavor. This easy and moist cornbread recipe is a true southern treat made with tangy buttermilk and cooked in a cast iron skillet to achieve that iconic crispy. Recipe Source: My brother Nate and his wife, Kylie (love you forever!) This truly is the best corn bread recipe!