Gotta Have It! Skillet Cornbread

Reader Contribution by Sherry Leverich Tucker
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As we head into the crisp fall weather it seems to be a natural turn to move cooking from grilling and sauteing to roasting and simmering. A slow simmered pot of soup, chili or beans just seems to warm and comfort. Sure, soup and chili are good with crackers or a grilled cheese sandwich, but my favorite add-in is a slice of cornbread!

I grew up with a mother who always made some kind of homemade bread with every meal. Biscuits, cornbread or muffins were the usual fare, and yeast bread or rolls were usually reserved for special meals and holidays. I tend to keep with this routine, for I love making and eating all of these homemade breads.

Even though there are different methods and recipes for cornbread, I prefer unsweetened cornbread baked in a skillet. It’s crispy around the edges, moist enough to eat alone, yet dry enough to soak up soup or chili. Leftovers are good the next day, especially as an old-fashioned breakfast; crumbled up and covered with milk.

Ingredients for cornbread are common and it is a very easy recipe to prepare. Although freshly ground whole corn makes superb cornbread, simply using a cornmeal mix makes a delicious bread. A cornmeal mix can be compared to self-rising flour. It already contains the right proportion of flour and leavening components necessary to make bread. All that is necessary to add to cornmeal mix is milk, eggs and oil. Here is the recipe I use: 

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