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Golden Honey Skillet Cornbread (Southern Cast-Iron Baked Cornbread)
The iconic Southern side dish: baked in a screaming-hot buttered cast-iron skillet to form a sizzling crispy golden crust with a tender, moist, honey-sweetened crumb.
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Total
40 min
Ingredients
8servings
- Yellow cornmeal200 g
- All-purpose flour150 g
- Buttermilk or whole milk250 ml
- Butter, melted60 g
- Honey60 g
- Large eggs2 piece
- Salt1 tsp
Preparation Steps
1
Place a cast-iron skillet with 15 g butter into the oven preheating to 200°C to get smoking hot.
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2
In a bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, and salt.
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3
In another bowl, whisk eggs with buttermilk, honey, and remaining 45 g melted butter.
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4
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, stirring just until combined (do not overmix).
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5
Carefully remove hot skillet from oven, pour batter into sizzling melted butter, and bake at 200°C for 20-25 minutes until golden. Slice warm.
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Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: USDA Healthy Eating Collection / National Heritage Culinary Archive (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA))
Legal status: Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) • 17 U.S.C. § 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
