Southern Cornbread

Name: Southern Cornbread
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp bacon drippings; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 296 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters cornmeal OR 1 1/2 cups cornmeal and 1/2 cup flour; 1 egg (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 1 Tbsp sugar (optional); 6 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted

The recipe Southern Cornbread is ready in approximately 35 minutes and is definitely a tremendous gluten free option for lovers of Southern food. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 282 calories, 6g of protein, and 14g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up bacon drippings, egg, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Put the bacon fat in a 9 or 10-inch cast iron skillet and put the skillet into the oven. Then preheat the oven to 400° with the skillet inside. (If you don't have an iron skillet, you can use an uncovered Dutch oven or a metal cake pan.)2

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Bacon Drippings

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Dutch Oven

Cake Form

Oven

Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, beat the egg and buttermilk until combined, then mix that into the bowl of dry ingredients. Stir in the melted butter.3 When the oven is hot, take out the skillet (carefully, as the handle will be hot!).

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Buttermilk

Butter

Egg

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Frying Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Add the cornbread batter and make sure it is evenly distributed in the skillet.

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Cornbread

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Frying Pan

Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the edges are beginning to brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.4

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Bread

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let the bread rest for 10-30 minutes in the skillet before cutting it into wedges and serving.To avoid burning your hand because you've forgotten the pan is hot, I recommend placing a pot holder on the pan's handle while the cornbread is resting, or cooling the handle down a bit with an ice cube.

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Cornbread

Ice Cubes

Bread

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Pot Holder

Frying Pan

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Ingredients

Servings:

1Tbsp

bacon drippings 2teaspoons

baking soda 296milliliters

buttermilk 473milliliters

cornmeal OR 1 1/2 cups cornmeal and 1/2 cup flour 1

egg (optional)1teaspoon

salt 1Tbsp

sugar (optional)6Tbsps

unsalted butter, melted

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. The King Frosch Riesling Auslese All Natural German with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.