cornbread

[Trina]

The post down below got me to thinking about cornbread recipes... here is the question.. how do you tweak your recipes?...

I occasionally add canned chile's, sometimes cheese.

 

[MSzychulda]

I like to add a little sourdough starter to mine. Sometimes I add an extra egg and lost of brown sugar for a desert bread. I love cornbread!

 

[boar]

Heres mine. I C- sourdough,2 C- cornmeal,2eggs,1-fourth C-oil,tsp salt,tsp baking soda,2-Tbsp sugar,about 1 and half cups milk, bake in cast iron skillet 375* for 25 mins Dilly

 

[coehornboy]

Chili powder or flakes can add a bit o' heat. Not to start a tangent, I also like to add 1/2 of a box of Jiffy cornbread mix to the cake mix on a dump cobbler...it adds texture.

:v

 

[shmrck1]

Cookie,
I'm not a big raisin fan but my wife is
so I occasionaly add those to the mix. I also have
added chopped pistochio(sp) nuts a couple of
times and I really liked it that way.
snake-eyes :hmm:

 

[Wefarmasmidgen]

After the sweet corn gets too gummy for the table, I leave what's left on the stalk to "finish" like the farmers do theirs. After it's dried, I grind it into cornmeal and use it in my recipes. I get lots of compliments.

I also add a few Tbs of brown sugar to the regular recipe.

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Soaring Spirit
Don't take life too seriously, it isn't permanent

 

[Legionair]

Me and the Mrs. like to put a couple spoonfulls of honey in the middle of cornbread before baking. Keeps it moist and changes the flavor, depending on the kind of honey.

Just an opinion....

Legion

 

[Slash]

Most Southerners don't traditionally sweeten cornbread, but I have been known to add cream corn and cayenne pepper, then use beer as the liquid. This works great for hushpuppies with a little chopped onion added, too. Grandma always added a little mayonaise to hers for moistness.
Slash

 

WOW that is almost a sin!!!!
I just add molassess to mine, after it is toasted over an open fire, then buttered.... :rotf:
My best regards
Loyalist dawg :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[davy]

Its also darn good adding cracklins (pigskins) to cornbread to make 'cracklin bread'! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[Trina]

this has been a really interesting thread.. fun to see how other folks make cornbread and the little things they add to make it special...

 

[sidelock]

Ha Spirit, how do you do your grimding? Sounds like an idea. :winking:

 

[Wefarmasmidgen]

I have a real grain grinder, but you could use an old coffee grinder (one of those little electric things that grinds just enough for a pot). You would probably have to grind the corn at 1/4 c a time, but for a try or two it would be fine. Another option is your blender. When I first started, I used that, but it isn't any where near so satisfactory as the coffee grinder - or, of course, the real grain grinder. Something I never tried, but the indians sure did and made a lot of ground corn - mortar and pestle.

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Soaring Spirit
Don't take life too seriously, it isn't permanent

 

[Goldhunter]

PIGSKINS?? Sounds interesting.

 

[sidelock]

Thanks Spirit---- I'm goin to try the coffee grinder trick soon as I can. :v

 

[BS]

A Buddie and I were camped at 10,000 feet.....I had a cornbread recipe that required an egg......we had no eggs........I was using my steamer and added time for the altitude.

I was the best tasting sponge that I have ever eaten. :rotf: :rotf:

No-BS

 

[shmrck1]

That's a good one! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
snake-eyes :bow:

 

[chipper]

I like to add a little extra water and let the cornmeal soak overnight. I've also tried buying extra-fine ground cornmeal. Buying fresh ground Cornmeal was a simple task living in the colonies but out here in Indian country, grismills are few and far between.

Regards
Wounded Knee (Colorado Territories)