Great-Grandmother Steinbeck's Johnnycake (Cornbread)

Name: Great-Grandmother Steinbeck's Johnnycake (Cornbread)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 59 milliliters corn oil; 1 egg; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters white cornmeal; 59 milliliters white sugar

Great-Grandmother Steinbeck's Johnnycake (Cornbread) might be just the bread you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 9g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 422 calories. A mixture of corn oil, baking soda, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch glass baking dish.

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Glass Baking Pan

Oven

Sift the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, corn oil and egg.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Corn Oil

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and mix just until blended.

Pour into the prepared pan, and shake gently to level it out.

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Shake

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Frying Pan

Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown.

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Oven

Knife

Serve hot. Just with butter will do, it is plenty sweet enough!

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Butter

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Ingredients

Servings:

4teaspoons

baking powder 1teaspoon

baking soda 237milliliters

buttermilk 59milliliters

corn oil 1

egg 237milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

salt 118milliliters

white cornmeal 59milliliters

white sugar

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well 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 RELAX Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 10 dollars per bottle.