Iron Skillet Cornbread Dee Dees Recipes

CAST IRON SKILLET CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and place a 9-inch cast iron skillet inside to heat while you make the batter.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk in the milk, buttermilk, and eggs. Whisk in almost all of the melted butter, reserving about 1 tablespoon for the skillet later on.
• Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F. Coat the bottom and sides of the hot skillet with the remaining butter. Pour the batter into the skillet and place it in the center of the oven. Bake until the center is firm and a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 to 15 minutes and serve.

IRON SKILLET CORNBREAD - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Yes that hot!
• Get that skillet ready! Pour a little cooking oil in each section to just cover the bottom. You can use any iron skillet, it doesn't have to be sectioned. Make sure the whole bottom of pan is covered with oil by rolling skillet around to spread it. Sprinkle a little cornmeal over the bottom of your skillet. This prevents your cornbread from sticking.
• Put the skillet in the oven while you mix up the batter. This will get your skillet ready for the batter. You want that cornmeal in the bottom of the skillet to start browning before you pour the batter in.
• I use a large (8 cup) measuring cup to mix up my batter. Start with cornmeal and a pinch of salt; add buttermilk, egg and about 3 Tbsp vegetable oil. Notice I didn't tell you how much buttermilk. You will start by adding about 3/4 cup. You want that batter to pour into your skillet. You can add more buttermilk a little at a time until it will pour easily. You don't want batter to thick or to thin.
• Once cornmeal on bottom of your skillet is golden brown, pour your batter in to skillet. It should start cooking as you pour.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. The top should be a light golden brown.
• NOTE: Everybody's oven is different, so keep an eye on your bread to make sure you don't under cook it or burn it. Once you get a feel for it, you won't have any problems.
• NOTE: Some like sweet cornbread, I prefer it without sugar, however, if you like it sweet you can add a little sugar to this recipe. Happy Baking!

SKILLET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Set your oven to 425°F and then add the tbsp of oil to your skillet. Place the skillet in the oven while it comes to temperature.
• In the meantime, mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl beat the eggs and then add the milk and the melted butter.
• Add this into the dry ingredients and mix until blended, if needed you could add a touch more milk, but batter should be thick.
• Go back to your stove wearing your oven mitts and take out the skillet, careful its HOT, then swirl it around a little to coat the bottom of the entire pan with the oil. Place on top of your stove and quickly pour your mixture into the skillet, you will hear it sizzle a little. Place back into your oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until cornbread is nicely browned on top. You can do the cake test if you want with a toothpick also. Serve right away with butter and honey, or jam. FYI - I use a 12 inch skillet for this recipe.

CAST IRON SKILLET BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Place a cast iron skillet in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Mix white cornmeal, yellow cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, lard, and vegetable oil; stir will to combine. Stir in egg until smooth batter forms.
• Remove hot cast iron skillet from oven, melt butter in skillet, then pour in batter. Top with paprika and kosher salt. Return skillet to oven.
• Reduce temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) and bake until cornbread is golden brown and pulling away from the sides of the pan, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven to cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Cut into wedges.