Recipe

Grandmas Cornbread With Honey Butter Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Borius / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago Grandma's cornbread. Need I say more? I was raised on this stuff. The debate rages on....to sweet or not too sweet, that is the question. Here we can have the best of both worlds. Prep:10m Cook:25m Servings:6	Borius
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Ingredients

10" cast iron skillet

Non stick cooking spray

Flour to powder skillet.

HONEY BUTTER:

1/4 cup butter, softened but not liquid.

1/4 cup honey

CORN BREAD:

1-1/2 cups white corn meal (yellow works also)

3 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups buttermilk

1 egg, beaten

2 tablespoons bacon drippings, melted

Directions

In advance, thoroughly mix honey and butter together and refrigerate.

Spray skillet with non stick cooking spray and powder with flour.

Place skillet in cold oven on center rack.

Preheat oven and skillet to 450F.

Mix together dry ingredients.

Fold in buttermilk, egg, and drippings just until dry ingredients are moistened.

CAREFULLY pour into hot skillet, bake 25 minutes @ 450F until golden.

Place clean kitchen towel folded into approximately 12" square on cutting board or counter, when cornbread is finished cooking, remove skillet from oven and tap inverted onto towel to dislodge cornbread loaf.

As soon as you can stand the heat, slice into pie shaped wedges, split, and slather on the honey butter and serve hot.

Eat it all and tell everyone else the dog ate it, or it fell on the floor, or you burned it. Juuuust Kidding! Share you big silly!

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Comments

tnacndn 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Sounds awesome...and i know it will come out good....you bake it in an iron skillet, the ONLY thing to bake corn bread in!
Gem

nakedchef 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Wow, looks great
my mouth waters just by looking at the picture
I have to try this soon

invisiblechef 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This is almost exactly how I make my corn bread, minus the butter and the bacon fat. I have always used honey to sweeten and an olive oil for the fat.

notyourmomma 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Dear, I won blue ribbons for cornbread at the tender age of 10. This looks absolutely awesome. My secret was bacon grease in the smoking hot skillet to give us that extra crispy edge. Now, I'm hungry. Toodles.

borius 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Notyourmama,
Thanks for your critique, you hit the nail directly on the head. A little pork fat and the extra crispy crust brings it all together. No honey butter for the unsweetened fans, honey butter for the sweetened fans.
Mark

possumqueen 1 year ago said:
I love cornbread! Savin this recipe!

I love it unsweetened and I love it so sweet that it comes out more like a cake. I eat it both ways - couldn't imagine ever turning it down.

Whew Weeee! .... and a slab of of cold salted butter on a hot piece of cornbread.... Mmm... Mmm... Mmm...

hoasabi 1 year ago said:
Ok I just saved this recipe because it just looks good enough to eat as a cake. Hehe

greekgirrrl 1 year ago said:
I'm trying this tonight ! Thanks!

luvthewho 1 year ago said:
Can't wait to try this cornbread and the honey butter will make it even beter.

sweetnspicy 1 year ago said:
This will be a big hit at my house I'm sure! Thanks!

jeannej 1 year ago said:
I have been looking for a good corn bread recipe, I have now found it! thanks

pattycake 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds great - especially with the honey butter. This is the kind of thing you could bake on the BBQ too. Thanks!

mystik 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
OMG! This looks just like my Grandma's Johnny Cake that she would make when I was little. Except for the honey butter - which looks delicious too - we had it with real maple syrup. It's been so hard to find a recipe that is just right! So many recipes have corn in them, or are fried not in the oven, which is wrong wrong wrong... this looks like it could be it!

laadeedaa 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Great recipe! I love cornbread except if it has corn niblets in it and then it's not the real thing. Thank you for this recipe.

vino4dino 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I just made some skiiet corn bread the other night to go with my gumbo but without the honey. I think I would like it with a touch of sweetness. Nice post.