Merts Cornbread Recipes

MERT'S CORNBREAD RECIPE - (2.7/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Place 2 (12cup) standard size muffin tins in oven and heat until hot, about 10 minutes. Whisk together butter, sugar, eggs and mayonnaise in a large mixing bowl and set aside. Combine cornmeal and flour and set aside. Gradually stir the flour mixture and the buttermilk into the butter/sugar mixture, alternating between the two. You should begin and end with the buttermilk. Stir in the water. Remove pans from oven and spray with nonstick cooking spray or brush with butter. Divide batter evenly between the tins. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. NOTE: Self-rising flour has baking powder and salt already mixed in. Self-rising cornmeal mix contains flour and baking powder. You can't substitute all-purpose flour and plain cornmeal for either of these. Yield 20-24 muffins.

MOM'S MEXICAN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9X12 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat; cook the ground beef in the skillet until no longer pink. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the cornmeal, salt, and baking soda. Mix in milk, egg, onion, corn, Cheddar cheese, and jalapeno pepper. Stir in browned beef. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 1 hour.

MEAT 'N' PEPPER CORNBREAD

Steps:

• In a 10-in. cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, lightly brown ground beef, green pepper and onion; drain. Add tomato sauce, chili powder, salt and pepper; simmer 10-15 minutes. , Meanwhile, combine dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pour over beef mixture. , Bake at 400° until golden, 20-25 minutes. Serve in skillet, or cool briefly, then run a knife around edge of skillet and invert on a serving plate; cut into wedges.

MERT'S CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Place 2 (12-cup) standard-size muffin tins in oven and heat until hot, about 10 minutes. You can also use 3 mini loaf pans. Whisk together butter, sugar, eggs, and mayonaise in a large mixing bowl and set aside. Combine cornmeal and flour and set aside. Gradually stir the flour mixture and the buttermilk into the butter/sugar mixture. alternating between the two. You should begin and end with the buttermilk. Stir in the water. Remove pans from oven and spray with nonstick cooking spray or brush with butter. Divide batter evenly between the tins. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Note: self-rising flour has baking powder and salt already mixed in. Self-rising cormeal contains flour and baking powder. You can't substitue all purpose flour and plain cornmeal for either of these.

SKILLET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Whisk together egg and buttermilk; stir into flour mixture.
• Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet or a 2-quart baking dish in oven. Remove skillet; swirl to coat bottom. Pour in batter. Bake until a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into wedges.

CLASSIC CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. In a large bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, buttermilk, and eggs. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture and stir just until combined (do not overmix). Transfer batter to pan and smooth top.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 15 minutes, before serving.

CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round cake pan with the cooking spray.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the butter over low heat until melted.
• In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, milk and egg with a fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once; stir just until the flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Pour batter into the pan; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl. Spread batter evenly in pan and smooth top of batter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.