Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make mom's quick buttermilk cornbread.
This is a super easy and delicious cornbread recipe.
You can use it to make a regular pan of cornbread, or you can make cornbread muffins or skillet cornbread.
Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
If you're making skillet bread you'll want to preheat a 10 inch cast iron skillet in the oven while it preheats.
Then it's time to make the batter,
and all you need for that is a bowl and a whisk and maybe a rubber spatula.
If you're using a 9x9 or 8x8 baking pan, you'll want to lightly grease it,
and if you're making cornbread muffins, you can lightly grease that or line it with paper liners.
You're going to whisk 1/2 cup of melted butter with 2/3 cup of sugar.
You want to whisk that for about 60-90 seconds.
People often have strong feelings about whether or not sugar belongs in cornbread.
I definitely have a sweet tooth, so I prefer the cowboy western style cornbread with sugar,
but if you prefer a southern style cornbread without sugar, you can leave it out all together or reduce it to as low as 2 tablespoons.
once the butter and sugar are smooth and creamy you're gonna whisk in 2 large eggs.
After about 30 seconds go ahead and whisk in 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda,
and then slowly pour in 1 cup of buttermilk, whisking while you pour that in.
Then we're gonna add in 1 cup of yellow cornmeal,
1 cup of all-purpose flour,
and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
This is where you can switch to a rubber spatula if it's easier for you, or you can use a whisk to just combine this all together.
Then transfer this to your prepared pan.
This is I think a 9x9 pan, it might be 8x8,
or you can double this recipe and make a 9x13 pan.
We're gonna bake this in the 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
For muffins you want to fill it about 2/3 of the way full.
This makes 12 muffins.
For the muffins you'll want to bake at 375 degrees, but this time for 18-20 minutes.
For the skillet cornbread it's a little different.
You want to pull that preheated skillet out of the hot oven, and you want to grease it with a little bit of butter first.
then you place your cornbread batter directly into that hot buttered skillet,
and this is going to give you a much thicker, darker crust.
Skillet cornbread is the same as a pan, so you'll bake it at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Let your finished cornbread cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
Don't worry it'll still be warm after 30 minutes,
because I know nothing beats a slice of warm cornbread with a little bit of honey butter on top.
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