Cornbread Croutons

Name: Cornbread Croutons
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 237 milliliters buttermilk; 237 milliliters self-rising white cornmeal mix; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoons pepper, divided; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 2 Tbsps bacon drippings or vegetable oil

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Cornbread Croutons a try. One serving contains 131 calories, 3g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 10 minutes. If you have pepper, salt, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

Coat bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan with bacon drippings; heat in oven 5 minutes.

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Bacon Drippings

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Oven

Frying Pan

Whisk together 1 cup cornmeal mix, buttermilk, egg, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper; pour batter into hot pan.

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Cornmeal Mix

Buttermilk

Pepper

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Bake at 450 for 15 to 17 minutes or until lightly browned. Turn out onto a wire rack; cool completely (about 30 minutes). Reduce oven temperature to 32

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Wire Rack

Oven

Cut cornbread into 1 1/2-inch squares.

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Cornbread

Place on a baking sheet; sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 325 for 30 to 35 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned.

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Oven

Remove to a wire rack; cool completely (about 30 minutes). Store in airtight container up to 1 day.

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Wire Rack

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Ingredients

Servings:

237milliliters

buttermilk 237milliliters

self-rising white cornmeal mix 1large

egg 1teaspoons

pepper, divided 1teaspoons

salt, divided 2Tbsps

bacon drippings or vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.