Cornbread


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup corn meal
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp oil or butter
  • 1/2 cup grated cheddar (optional)
Instructions:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 F
  2. In a large bowl, put 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup corn meal, 3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp baking powder
  3. In a separate bowl, add 3/4 cup milk, 1 egg, 3 tbsp oil or butter
  4. Mix together wet ingredients and add to dry ingredients
  5. Grate 1/2 cheddar if desired and add to mix
  6. Place mixed ingredients into loaf pan and set in oven
  7. Leave at 400 F for 10 minutes
  8. Lower heat to 350 F and leave in oven for 30 min
Yield: 1 loaf

Source: A sticky note on my mother's cupboard drawer

Description:

Cornbread pairs particularly well with chili

My mother keeps a number of sticky notes on the inside of a cupboard drawer in her kitchen. Last time I visited, I took it upon myself to steal as many recipes as I could when opportunity struck, and one of those was cornbread.

My mother was born in Nashville Tennessee, and while she moved to Canada when she was four, she retains a few Southern US qualities, including a love for their cuisine. It makes sense then that corn bread would make the cut as one of the recipes she reserved for the honoured space of her cupboard drawer

Cheese was optional. I didn't use it for this, but I suspect it tastes better with cheese, as does most things

In the posted image, I used white cornmeal instead of yellow, which I don't think impacts the taste, but might make the photo look paler than usual

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