Southern Cornbread

Name: Southern Cornbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups fine cornmeal; 1/2 cup plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/4 cups buttermilk; 1/4 cup melted butter; 2 tbsp vegetable oil for the skillet

A golden, slightly sweet cast-iron skillet cornbread, baked until crisp on the edges, the perfect side for any Southern meal.

Total time

32 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

22 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsfine cornmeal

1/2 cupplain flour

2 tspbaking powder

1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

1 tspsalt

2 tbspcaster sugar

2eggs

1 1/4 cupsbuttermilk

1/4 cupmelted butter

2 tbspvegetable oil for the skillet

Instructions

Preheat oven to 220°C. Place a 25cm cast-iron skillet in the oven to heat.

Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt and sugar.

Whisk eggs, buttermilk and melted butter. Combine wet and dry.

Pour oil into hot skillet. Pour batter in — it should sizzle.

Bake 18-22 minutes until a skewer comes out clean and top is golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

578

Protein

13.5g

Fat

18.2g

Carbs

92.7g

Fiber

6.9g

Sodium

997mg

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