Upside Down Cowboy Cornbread Recipes

COWBOY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease or spray bottom of 8-inch cast-iron skillet. Heat skillet in oven about 10 minutes or until hot. (Or an 8-inch square pan can be used; no preheating required in oven.)
• In medium bowl, mix all ingredients except chili. Pour into skillet.
• Bake about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen sides with knife, and carefully remove from skillet to cooling rack to cool. Serve with chili.

COWBOY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, butter and cream; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Serve warm.

UPSIDE-DOWN COWBOY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 10-inch cast-iron skillet, cook bacon over medium-low heat until just crispy. With slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towel-lined plate; set aside. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings; discard or reserve for another use.
• Place pepper rings in single layer in drippings in skillet, and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until peppers soften. Remove skillet from heat. Turn peppers, keeping in single layer.
• In large bowl, mix both pouches cornbread mix, eggs and milk. Stir in reserved bacon, chiles, cheese and green onion whites.
• Gently pour batter over pepper rings. Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center of cornbread comes out clean.
• Run knife around edge of cornbread. Let cornbread cool 10 minutes.
• Place plate over skillet, and carefully flip over. Remove skillet. Cut into 8 wedges. Top with green onion greens.

COWBOY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Add onion; cook until soft, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine cornbread mix, milk, and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in creamed corn.
• Spread beef-onion mixture in the bottom of a baking dish. Spread Cheddar cheese on top. Pour cornbread batter over cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 17 to 22 minutes. Spread butter over the top. Let cool for 5 minutes before cutting.

UPSIDE-DOWN CHEESY ONION CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Cut onion into 5 (1/2-inch thick) rings; keep rings intact.
• In 10-inch cast-iron skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Gently place onion slices close together in the butter. If last ring looks too large to fit in skillet, remove outside rings until small enough to fit. Sprinkle with salt, and cook 3 to 4 minutes without moving, until onions soften but don't fall apart. Remove from heat. With large, flat spatula, gently turn onions, keeping rings together as much as possible.
• In large bowl, mix both pouches cornbread mix, eggs and milk. Stir in cheeses and herbs.
• Pour batter over onions. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center of cornbread comes out clean.
• Run knife around edge of cornbread. Let cornbread cool 10 minutes.
• Place a plate over skillet, and carefully flip over. Remove skillet. Cut into 8 wedges.

CLASSIC PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and 3/4 cup butter; beat at low speed until crumbly. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well at medium speed after each addition. Add vanilla; beat well. Add flour, cornmeal and baking powder; mix well.
• Place 1/4 cup butter in 9-inch round cake pan. Heat in oven for about 4 minutes or until butter is melted. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pear slices over mixture in pan, slightly overlapping. Spoon and carefully spread cake batter over pears.
• Bake at 350°F. for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cool with whipped cream.

UPSIDE DOWN WALLA WALLA ONION CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a 8x8x2-inch square baking pan.
• In a skillet, melt butter and saute onions until soft and beggining to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon evenly into bottom of baking pan.
• Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until well blended.
• Beat egg and milk together and mix with dry ingredients until just blended.
• Pour batter over onions.
• Bake 25-30 minutes.
• Turn out onto serving plate; cut into squares. Serve hot.

SLOW-COOKER PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and melted butter; spread evenly in bottom of slow cooker. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar mixture, cutting as needed to fit in one layer. Place cherry in center of each slice and around slices, as needed.
• Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
• Cook on High heat setting 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Turn off slow cooker; uncover. Remove ceramic base from cooker to cooling rack. Cool 15 minutes.
• Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto ceramic base; carefully turn plate and ceramic base over. Remove ceramic base.