Recipe Corn Bread

[Barriehie]

This is my go to for corn bread. I just can't do it with plain corn meal mix! Ingredients in italics are optional and to taste.

 Ingredients
1 1/2 cups self rising corn meal mix
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup water
1 egg
Salt
Pepper
Turmeric, nice color & anti-inflammatory
Sliced Tobasco chili's
1/2 cup corn

 Method
I make mine in a 7" cast iron skillet so the oven is preheated to 365F/185C, if using a full sized baking dish, pyrex, preheated 390F/200C.

Mix your dry ingredients and mix your wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Combine the bowls and let rest for 10 minutes.

If using cast iron heat it up on a burner with a liberal amount of butter to cover the bottom and sides.

Pour in your batter, it should sizzle, and put it in the oven. After 10 minutes turn the oven temp down to 350F/175C if using a small pan and 365F/185C if using a full sized pan.

Cook until a toothpic inserted in the middle comes out clean, around 20 minutes or 40 minutes depending on pan size.

Broiling is good...

No stick!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I love Corn Bread, I was just thinking of making a batch the other day!!!
Thanks for the mental nudge

 

[Barriehie]

I love Corn Bread, I was just thinking of making a batch the other day!!!
Thanks for the mental nudge

Anytime!

 

[karadekoolaid]

1 1/2 cups self rising corn meal mix

We've got loads of corn products here, but any insights on "self rising corn meal mix"?
Would polenta do?

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

We've got loads of corn products here, but any insights on "self rising corn meal mix"?
Would polenta do?

That's a very good question!

 

[Barriehie]

We've got loads of corn products here, but any insights on "self rising corn meal mix"?
Would polenta do?

Polenta might be a coarser grind than corn meal if its real polenta. Here it seems the producers use the terms interchangeably and most consumers don't know the difference.

This picture shows the two side by side. Polenta on the left and self rising corn meal mix on the right. If you can get corn flour that should work but you'll have to add baking soda to make it self rising.

 

[Barriehie]

Good read on corn meal and polenta here.

 

[Z-Cook]

We've got loads of corn products here, but any insights on "self rising corn meal mix"?
Would polenta do?

Just looked at the ingredients on an online package - looks like a mixture of self raising flour and cornmeal. Cornmeal is usually about the coarseness of caster sugar I'd say.

 

[Barriehie]

Just looked at the ingredients on an online package - looks like a mixture of self raising flour and cornmeal. Cornmeal is usually about the coarseness of caster sugar I'd say.

Flour, like wheat flour, and cornmeal???

I know there are some that make cornbread with a mixture of those but not around here. You'll get a look like you're from another planet...

 

[Z-Cook]

Flour, like wheat flour, and cornmeal???

I know there are some that make cornbread with a mixture of those but not around here. You'll get a look like you're from another planet...

That's what it says on the packages I looked at

I randomly picked a package or two of self rising cornmeal on Walmart online and they have flour in the mix. Dunno! Maybe regional recipes or expecations are different
Doesn't list the proportions tho.
Might be like people adding flour to falafel mixtures before frying to stick it together

 

[Barriehie]

That's what it says on the packages I looked at

I randomly picked a package or two of self rising cornmeal on Walmart online and they have flour in the mix. Dunno! I'm in AZ so maybe local recipes or expecations are different
Doesn't list the proportions tho.
Might be like people adding flour to falafel mixtures before frying to stick it together

Probably Walmart going for a higher profit margin!

I get my non-GMO corn products from a local grower and miller 4 miles down the road.
Artisan Milling

 

[Z-Cook]

I get my non-GMO corn products from a local grower and miller 4 miles down the road.

Looks great. Do they mix the self rising and sell like that or do you mix it yourself? Had never heard of self rising cornmeal before you mentioned it.

 

[Barriehie]

Looks great. Do they mix the self rising and sell like that or do you mix it yourself? Had never heard of self rising cornmeal before you mentioned it.

I mix it. They just grow and mill!

 

[Z-Cook]

Ok that's very good because you call it a mix and I mistakenly took that for bought!
Can you share with us what the mix is so we don't have buy it at Walmart?
And (because looked it up) is your cornmeal bolted/sifted - the fine stuff?
And is the 1/2 cup of corn fresh corn?
I thang you