Tom’s Country Cornbread

Tom’s Country Cornbread

a heaping spoon of bacon grease for the skillet
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375°.

Using a medium sized cast iron skillet, melt a heaping spoonful of bacon grease in the skillet by placing it into the heated oven.

Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Whisk in the eggs. Stir in the baking soda and buttermilk. Stir in the cornmeal, flour, and salt.

By now, the bacon grease should be hot and melted in the cast iron skillet. Carefully remove it from the oven and slowly tilt skillet around so the grease coats the sides of the skillet. Leave any extra grease in the skillet.

Pour in the batter. Bake for 40 minutes, or until the middle is done.

NOTE: If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, an 8-inch square baking dish will work just fine.

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[garfieldrupe]

Cornbread and Pinto beans. That type of food makes this country feller happy

[rebekhallucio]

When I started watching this video, I thought to myself, please let that jar be bacon grease. So pleased. My mom's family was from Alabama, and so I was raised on southern food. I love cornbread and now I make it for my family. I live in Idaho now, and here they put sugar in it. It tastes like cake. I'm a purist when it comes to making cornbread, and so no sugar. I admit I looked at your recipe before you even started and was so happy not to see sugar in your recipe. My favorite part is the crust.

[judyabernathy]

I’m a dyed-in-the-wool cornbread lover. However, I wasn’t raised with sugar in it, but I would never turn away a slice just because of the sugar!! I could eat cornbread every day. In fact, sometimes for supper I only have cornbread and milk. We had lots of that for supper as a child because that’s all we had. So, I love it to this day!! I use White Lily Buttermilk cornmeal mix. It’s my all time favorite!! 💔🙏🏼🐾🙏🏼💔

[MimiG]

I'm of the NO sugar in cornbread camp. I do not eat it, if it has sugar - that's dessert for me. Your recipe is like mine, down to the iron skillet and jar of bacon grease. I love a good "wheel" of cornbread with summer vegetables! Plus, a leftover piece, heated just a bit with butter, for breakfast with a cup of strong coffee on the side (I got that from my Daddy).. Yum.

[debra]

Tom, I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy ALL your videos! I too scrape ALL my ingredients from measuring cups, etc. So I smile every time you scrape out ingredients 😊. Eating a lot of your recipes now too. Thank you and your lovely wife for your time & talents! I appreciate you both!
Debra Nichols-Fry ❤

[amethystsamia]

I’ve never seen southern referred to as sweet. My mother would put a tablespoon or less in the batter, sometimes She also used bacon grease rather than the butter. She would get the cast iron skillet smoking hot with the grease and pour the batter in. The sizzle was so good to hear and mom always had the best most crunchy crust I’ve ever had. You had to hear the sizzle! Haha!

[MsApril]

Y’all need to crumble up some of that cornbread, once it’s cool, into a cup or bowl, pour some milk over top, and eat it with a spoon! It’s delicious! I adore your channel. Thank you for the recipes.

[olabrock]

True southern cornbread! That's how I make my cornbread except I haven't used bacon grease for a long time. But I set my oven at 425° it doesn't have to cook that long. I don't time it. I watch it and when it's a little brown on the edges and the top is cracked. Also I heat my iron skillet on the top of the stove. I pour little of the hot great into the mixture. I pour the mixture into the hot skillet on top of the stove. It sizzles and that's what I want..a nice crunchy crust. Then I bake it in the oven 425° and watch it until there's a nice browning on the outside of the cornbread and the top is cracked.

[Annie-sokk]

I grew up eating cornbread, Pinto beans, and fried potatoes for dinner most nights. And I love it to this day and so do my grown children. But my husband grew up in the city and I still can't get him to eat cornbread or biscuits and gravy after 50 years of marriage.

[joycewetherington]

Love regular cornbread! I was raised on it. Momma would make a cake of it in the iron skillet, set it on the table with sweet milk and that was supper! You just crumbled the cornbread in your bowl and pour the milk over it. Delicious! Still love to eat it that way! Thank you for your recipe. I’ll try it!

[ericmgarrison]

That is perfect Southern cornbread. Northern cornbread has sugar in it and it tastes like corn cake.

[clevergirlhikes]

You may already do this: spoon your flour into the measuring cup rather than using the measuring cup to scoop the flour out of the bag. Otherwise you may be getting too much flour. Hence the need for more buttermilk. ❤ your videos!

[brendagoodman]

Cornbread, pinto beans' collards, and country fried potatoes and onions.

[margaretwinters]

I grew up like that, no sugar, I have a 10 inch iron skillet all I use it for cornbread, I use the Martha White like you but always taught to use SR flour, no eggs and no soda but I am going to try your recipe because the last few times it was crumbly.re is always buttermilk in my fridge. I cook and bake a lot. thanks for your videos, been cooking for 50+ years but I have learned some things, from you

[jmarcos]

This cornbread looks so delicious. I could eat this every day. Thank you.

[lindastorms]

Tom, you are great. Loving cornbread my whole life. With my electric cooktop😡, I can finally bake it, as per your instructions! Thank you!!!!

[millardgriffin]

I love good cornbread, so long as it is not sweet. This is different from what I grew up with and am looking forward to making it. Thanks for sharing your recipe. PS: Love your channel!🙂

[Edith-wm]

I love your videos. I was raised in Kentucky in the hills and hollers around London. You bring back so many memories. I cringe when someone says make dressing using Jiffy. No way! Thank you for making my life brighter.

[vonamurvihill]

Oh you need to try your country cornbread with a bowl of your chili..fanominal!

[carolzak]

This is the cornbread my grandma made! Thanks for the southern cooking.