Best Old Fashioned Cornbread Recipes

PA'S OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE / CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425; grease a 13x9 pan.
• Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, stir through, make a well in the center.
• In another bowl, add eggs, milk, and oil all at once; blend well.
• Add wet to dry ingredients, stir until moistened (don't over-mix or you'll be sorry!).
• Fold in optional ingredients. Sausage should be in crumbles or bite-size pieces.
• Pour into prepared pan; rap pan on counter-top several times to bounce out the air-bubbles.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes--top will be golden-brown.
• Serve with butter and maple syrup.
• OPTION #1: Add 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese.
• OPTION #2: Add 1/2 - 1 cup of sweet corn (plain kernels); adds a neat "chewy" texture to the 'cake.'
• OPTION #3: Add 6 hard-boiled, chopped eggs.
• OPTION #4: Add 1 pound fried & drained pork sausage (crumbled) or links (bite-size).
• TIME-SAVING HINT: Gather a handful of 1-quart zipper bags, fill with DRY ingredients, and store in your cupboard. At meal-time, add wet ingredients as described.

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Put chicken in a dutch oven. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes or until the chicken is tender. Remove chicken from heat, reserving the broth. Let cool and debone the chicken. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Discard sking and bones.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat on stovetop. Add onion and celery and cook about 6 minutes until veggies are tender.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 13-x-9-x-2-inch baking dish; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, onion-and-celery mixture, cornbread, and remaining ingredients. Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour, or until set.

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Grease an 8-inch round or square baking pan (or, for more authenticity, a cast iron skillet). Preheat oven to 425. Place pan in oven to preheat.
• Combine cornmeal, flour, salt, and sugar in mixing bowl. Add corn oil and use a cutting motion with spoon so that oil will be well blended with other ingredients. Add the boiling water and mix well.
• Add cold milk and stir. Let stand for a few minutes until batter has cooled to room temperature.
• Mix in egg and then baking powder; beat briskly.
• Remove preheated pan from oven and pour in batter. Bake until lightly browned (approx. 20 minutes).

OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add the cornmeal and stir until well mixed.
• In a second bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and honey or maple syrup.
• Melt the butter and add it to our second bowl, mixing well.
• Combine the dry and liquid ingredients and mix well.
• Pour the batter into an oiled 8in square baking pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until done in the centre and lightly browned.
• To test for doneness, insert a toothpick into the centre; If it comes out dry, the corn bread is done.

GRANDMA'S OLD-FASHIONED CORNBREAD RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 400 degrees fahrenheit. Combine powder, soda, salt, sugar, cornmeal and flour in a large bowl. Combine buttermilk and eggs in a bowl. Place your iron skillet in the oven and put the 2 tablespoons butter into the skillet to melt. (You can substitute a 8x8 pyrex but it's not the same) Pour the buttermilk and egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Then add the melted butter. The batter should be lumpy and just a bit on the dry side. Pour this mixture into the hot iron skillet then bake for 20 minutes or until a knife inserted into it comes out just shy of clean. The primary difference in this recipe is the addition of the sugar. It makes a a sweeter recipe. I also increase the cornmeal and decrease the flour because I like my cornbread to be a bit "cornier."

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Saute the onion and celery in the canola oil until soft, melt margarine in same pan.
• Mix with remaining ingredients except broth in large bowl.
• Moisten with broth to your taste (I like mine pretty wet, I usually get closer to the 3 cups).
• Place in a casserole dish or aluminum pan.
• Bake at 400°F for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a nice crust develops on the top.
• **May use to stuff a 10 to 14 pound turkey. If stuffing a turkey, add very little broth. It will absorb additional moisture in the turkey. Pack loosely.

OLD-FASHIONED CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 355 degrees F. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Put mixed ingredients in a 9- by 4-inch loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED MEXICAN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Place the bacon grease in the bottom of a well-seasoned 9" or 10"cast iron skillet. Preheat it at 425°F for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, mix up batter: Stir together cornmeal, egg, milk, corn, chilies, jalapeños, and cheese to a thin batter. Use more milk if necessary to produce a batter thinner than cake batter.
• 2. When skillet is preheated, pour batter into skillet. It will sizzle and start to form a crust - don't be alarmed. Bake the skillet of cornbread at 425°F about 25 minutes, until nicely browned. Cut into wedges. Serve immediately with lots of butter.

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Place the bacon grease or butter in the bottom of a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Preheat it at 425°F for 10 minutes.
• 2. Meanwhile, mix up batter: Stir together cornmeal, sugar, egg, and buttermilk to a thin batter.
• 3. When skillet is preheated, pour batter into skillet. It will sizzle and start to form a crust - don't be alarmed. Bake the skillet of cornbread at 425°F about 20-23 minutes, until nicely browned.
• 4. Cut into wedges. Serve immediately with lots of butter.

PA'S OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE / CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425; grease a 13x9 pan.
• Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, stir through, make a well in the center.
• In another bowl, add eggs, milk, and oil all at once; blend well.
• Add wet to dry ingredients, stir until moistened (don't over-mix or you'll be sorry!).
• Fold in optional ingredients. Sausage should be in crumbles or bite-size pieces.
• Pour into prepared pan; rap pan on counter-top several times to bounce out the air-bubbles.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes--top will be golden-brown.
• Serve with butter and maple syrup.
• OPTION #1: Add 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese.
• OPTION #2: Add 1/2 - 1 cup of sweet corn (plain kernels); adds a neat "chewy" texture to the 'cake.'
• OPTION #3: Add 6 hard-boiled, chopped eggs.
• OPTION #4: Add 1 pound fried & drained pork sausage (crumbled) or links (bite-size).
• TIME-SAVING HINT: Gather a handful of 1-quart zipper bags, fill with DRY ingredients, and store in your cupboard. At meal-time, add wet ingredients as described.

OLD-FASHIONED HOT WATER CORNBREAD RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Heat oil and bacon fat in a deep fryer or in a pot or heavy skillet over medium-high heat. (It needs to be deep enough to cover the spoons of batter.) Whisk the cornmeal and salt together. Using a spoon to mix, stir in just enough boiling water for the batter to stick together. It should be about the consistency of mashed potatoes. (I used about 1 1/4 cups.) When oil is hot, spoon walnut-sized tablespoons of batter into your hands and smooth out a bit. (It helps to wet hands first.) Drop into hot oil, a few at a time. Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Makes about 20.

OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; add 2 eggs, buttermilk, and melted bacon drippings, stir well.
• Place a well greased 10-inch cast iron skillet in a 450°F oven for 4 minutes or until hot. Remove skillet from oven, spoon batter into skillet. Bake at 450F for 35 minutes or until cornbread is lightly browned. Cool; crumble cornbread into a large bowl.
• Sauté celery and onion in butter until tender. Add sautéed vegetables and remaining ingredients to crumbled cornbread, stirring well. Spoon dressing into a lightly greased 13x9 inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes.

CURLEY'S OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and sugar.
• (If baking powder or soda appear at all lumpy, sift them in).
• Stir well to combine.
• In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg, and oil.
• Place the butter in a 9 or 10 inch skillet and place in the oven and heat until the butter melts and is sizzling seriously.
• Tilt the pan to coat the sides of the skillet.
• As the butter's melting, quickly pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and, using a wooden spoon, stir the wet and dry together with as few strokes as possible--- only as many as are needed to combine the two.
• Don't beat it!
• Scrape the batter into the hot, buttery skillet.
• It should sizzle.
• Place it in the oven immediately.
• Bake until golden brown on top, about 25 to 30 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Coat a 5-1/2- or 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl stir all ingredients together, except butter. Pour cornbread mixture into prepared slow cooker and dot with butter.
• Cover and cook on LOW setting for 4 hours, or until cooked through and set.

OLD-FASHIONED CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, stir together flour, cornmeal, bacon chips, baking powder and salt; set aside. In medium bowl, beat eggs with fork. Beat in milk, honey and 1/2 cup melted butter with fork. Add egg mixture to flour mixture all at once; stir just until mixed.
• Pour oil into 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan. Heat in oven 1 minute. Pour batter into hot pan.
• Bake cornbread 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Serve warm.

OLD FASHIONED GLUTEN FREE CORNBREAD ON A SHOESTRING RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine all DRY ingredients in a large bowl. Set aside. In separate bowl, mix honey, egg & butter until well incorporated. Add buttermilk & mix to combine thoroughly. Create a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. It will be soupy & you won't believe that it will amount to anything when it grows up. You'll beat yourself up, thinking, "I should have done more. I should have added more dry ingredients. I should have saved it." But trust me. Just pour the mixture into an 8″x8″ (or 9″x9″) square baking dish, and place it in a 400 degree oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Just do it! Have I ever led you astray? Now behave yourself & I'll consider posting my cornbread apple stuffing recipe another day.

OLD FASHIONED DILL CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients until just moistened. Pour batter into a preheated and well-greased 10-inch Dutch oven. For best results pre-heat the DO for ten minutes over 5 briquets and 14-16 briquets on the lid. Bake for about 20 minutes.** INGREDIENTS: Stone ground corn meal, unbleached wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, dill weed, salt.