Southern Style Corn Bread Southem Style Com Bread - crumbly, moist and buttery Southern cornbread all made from scratch with commeal, flour, butter, eggs, buttermilk, and alittle sugar. Makes a wonderful snack ot side to your bean dishes, stews, soups and ribs. You can never go wrong with this quick and easy Southern classic! Course Side Cuisine Souther Keyword southern cornbread Prep Time 10 asinaes Cook Time 18 minutes Total Time 28 mints Servings 8 Calories 278 kal Author Imma Ingredients + 1 cup all-purpose flour (see notes 1 cup white or yellow commeal teaspoon baking soda 1 ¥4 teaspoons baking powder 3-4 tablespoons sugar (optional, see notes, 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk 4 cup unsalted butter , melted 2 eggs , lightly beaten (see notes 2 tablespoons bacon drippings , for greasing pan (replace with butter ‘melted butter to brush the top of the combread after it comes out of the pan Instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the skillet with bacon drippings or butter. Set aside. 2. Ina medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking soda and powder, sugar, and salt 3. Whisk in buttermilk, butter, and lightly beaten eggs until well combined, 4 Heat up cast iron until hot, remove from the heat and carefully pour in batter, The cast skillet gives it a crispy bottom and side crust; sub with a 9 or 10-inch baking pan, 5. Bake for about 15-18 minutes or until golden or deeply brown and skewer inserted in center comes out clean. 6. Brush top of the combread with melted butter after it comes off the pan. Serve with your favorite stews, soups ot protein based meal. Recipe Notes I. You may replace equal amounts of flour with com meal for a more authentic and crispy com bread. 2. Most purist say authentic Southern combread is not sweet, so leave it out, if you prefer. 3. Eggs make combread cakey. If you really want a less cakey corn bread, omit the eggs and replace with about % cup buttermilk 4, Cast Iron Skillet is best for making com bread, however, you can use a cake pan or muffin pan, 5. Please keep in mind that nutritional information is @ rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used ‘hups:/www.africanbites.com/wp-contentiplugins/wp-recipe-maker/templates/ecipe/tastefully-simple/tasteully-simple.jpg