Cornbread Recipe Please

monster · 09-30-2018, 09:20 AM

From Scratch, tried and trusted, the not sweet ?Northern variety.....

My two college kids have decided they like cornbread so I'd like to make some for them but I have no idea where to start. I am told there are two varieties, sweet and less sweet the latter being more popular in the North, so I'm guessing that's the type they would want. Usually served to accompany Chili at chili cook-offs here......

thank you

monster · 09-30-2018, 10:05 AM

Hmm I just found an article that says the Northern one is the sweeter one. I have no idea which recipe I need

Undertoad · 09-30-2018, 10:10 AM

One single opinion

I am a northerner and my kin is from New England. The sweet version is the only one I find valid

"authentic" bbq places around here offer a version with jalapenos and that makes me furious

I prefer to call it cormbread via this early meme

monster · 09-30-2018, 10:10 AM

....but it seems southern is made in a skillet and the one I want is definitely baked. Oh help!

It must be Northern style :/

Undertoad · 09-30-2018, 10:13 AM

Not edited to add, the corner pieces are the best pieces

No. The CORMER PIECES.

monster · 09-30-2018, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

One single opinion

I am a northerner and my kin is from New England. The sweet version is the only one I find valid

thanks, I'm thinking that must be the one i want.

I don't like it, I'm not a fan of corn in any form other than fresh from the field on a cob lightly steamed and dripping in butter.... but I want to make a tiny treat for my hard-working stressed-out adult kids who I suspect are not eating as well as they should...

sexobon · 09-30-2018, 10:28 AM

Years ago I made corn bread regularly (don't still have the recipe). I found a nice thing about it is that you can make it less intrinsically sweet and put out a shaker of powered sugar for people to sweeten it to taste. That topping goes as well on corn bread as it does on powered donuts.

glatt · 09-30-2018, 10:51 AM

Maybe I am a simpleton, but just buy a box of Jiffy or Washington and follow the directions on the box. They are simple and wholesome and inexpensive.

My wife has made corn bread from scratch a few times, and that's good too, but hardly worth the effort.

Brownies are another thing that you should make from a box because homemade is just not that much better to make it worth the effort.

Cake should be made from scratch because the mixes suck. Just throwing that in there so you can see where I draw the line.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2018, 11:59 AM

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There has long been a debate whether cornbread should have sugar added into cornbread or not, depending on what part of the great US of A you are from. Having tried and tested both types, using many different recipes on the web and in recipe books through the years, I have to say I’m more partial to sweet cornbread. DON’T HATE ME! There’s something about a crispy, crunchy buttery crust, with a soft and fluffy inside that is so addictive, with a perfect amount of honey. It could also be simply that I’ve been raised with sweet fluffy corn bread to accompany our families chili recipe, while also eating slices of it for breakfast, warmed up and oozing with melted butter. Mmmmmmmm….. butterrrrrr….

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monster · 09-30-2018, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Maybe I am a simpleton, but just buy a box of Jiffy or Washington and follow the directions on the box. They are simple and wholesome and inexpensive.

My wife has made corn bread from scratch a few times, and that's good too, but hardly worth the effort.

Brownies are another thing that you should make from a box because homemade is just not that much better to make it worth the effort.

Cake should be made from scratch because the mixes suck. Just throwing that in there so you can see where I draw the line.

PoloGirl was making the Jiffy yesterday, but found it lacking. (Jiffy is based in Chelsea MI, about 20 miles from here!)

I am not, however, planning on this being a regular thing, just a nice "mid-semester-hump pick-me up for my deserving scholars. So I anticipate more Jiffy in their futures.... but I want to try from scratch once, just to see.

PoloGirl would also disagree about Brownie mixes. She makes the standard Hershey's recipe and her Brownies are much requested

monster · 09-30-2018, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

Years ago I made corn bread regularly (don't still have the recipe). I found a nice thing about it is that you can make it less intrinsically sweet and put out a shaker of powered sugar for people to sweeten it to taste. That topping goes as well on corn bread as it does on powered donuts.

were you baking in oven or making in skillet?

sexobon · 09-30-2018, 01:34 PM

Baking in oven.

monster · 09-30-2018, 01:48 PM

great thanks

zippyt · 09-30-2018, 02:00 PM

in skillet in the oven with a dollop of bacon grease ,
heat the skillet with the bacon grease ,
when you pour in the mix it should sizzle ,
we call it a poan of corn bread ,
the bacog grease makes a LOVELY brown ring at the top ( the BESTEST part ifn you ask me ) .

Undertoad · 09-30-2018, 06:23 PM

that's because in a round skillet there are no cormers

09-30-2018, 09:20 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cornbread Recipe Please From Scratch, tried and trusted, the not sweet ?Northern variety..... My two college kids have decided they like cornbread so I'd like to make some for them but I have no idea where to start. I am told there are two varieties, sweet and less sweet the latter being more popular in the North, so I'm guessing that's the type they would want. Usually served to accompany Chili at chili cook-offs here...... thank you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2018, 10:05 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hmm I just found an article that says the Northern one is the sweeter one. I have no idea which recipe I need __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2018, 10:10 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	....but it seems southern is made in a skillet and the one I want is definitely baked. Oh help! It must be Northern style :/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2018, 01:48 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	great thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2018, 02:00 PM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	in skillet in the oven with a dollop of bacon grease , heat the skillet with the bacon grease , when you pour in the mix it should sizzle , we call it a poan of corn bread , the bacog grease makes a LOVELY brown ring at the top ( the BESTEST part ifn you ask me ) . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-30-2018, 10:10 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	One single opinion I am a northerner and my kin is from New England. The sweet version is the only one I find valid "authentic" bbq places around here offer a version with jalapenos and that makes me furious I prefer to call it cormbread via this early meme

09-30-2018, 10:13 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Not edited to add, the corner pieces are the best pieces No. The CORMER PIECES.

09-30-2018, 10:28 AM	#7
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Years ago I made corn bread regularly (don't still have the recipe). I found a nice thing about it is that you can make it less intrinsically sweet and put out a shaker of powered sugar for people to sweeten it to taste. That topping goes as well on corn bread as it does on powered donuts.

09-30-2018, 10:51 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe I am a simpleton, but just buy a box of Jiffy or Washington and follow the directions on the box. They are simple and wholesome and inexpensive. My wife has made corn bread from scratch a few times, and that's good too, but hardly worth the effort. Brownies are another thing that you should make from a box because homemade is just not that much better to make it worth the effort. Cake should be made from scratch because the mixes suck. Just throwing that in there so you can see where I draw the line.

09-30-2018, 01:34 PM	#12
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Baking in oven.

09-30-2018, 06:23 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	that's because in a round skillet there are no cormers

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