Sugar in corn bread? YUK! who eats this stuff?

[Magus]

So I'm buying dinner tonight, and I see Pillsbury has corn bread in a can, and I flop some on the George Foreman while I make chicken gravy, they brown up perfectly, but the minute I dip it in my gravy, Its in the garbage! If I wanted cookies I'd have bought them, these things are more suited for some Vanilla icing than corn pone! Now I know you folks up north do this kind of thing, not so much here. Sugared corn bread is like steak and syrup. BLAAGH!

Done ranting almost.
*Walks to kitchen, knocks over a bunch of stuff, curses like a sailor, wanders back.*
I was right! these are great with Vanilla icing! they taste like crap in pepper gravy though.
*Walks to kitchen, knocks over a bunch more stuff, curses like a sailor, wanders back again.*
Not bad with cherry pie filling either! I can see using these things as a pastry base, but NOT with gravy,
and NEVER with beans! OMG the thought of desecrating a bowl of pork n pintos with this is horrifying!

10 minutes later...
Cornbread cherry tarts Ala trailer park!
Waste not, want not!

 

[txcatlady]

I put sugar in mine magus. Don’t hate me

 

[Magus]

Nah, yours is probably a little bit, these things are pure cookie dough!

No kidding though, a dab of cooking spray on a spoon to make a bowl in one and a spoonful of cherry pie filling,
desert is on the table in ten minutes!

 

[Amish Heart]

Just do your own cornbread recipe, Magus. Buy a little cornmeal. It takes cornmeal, flour, baking powder, oil, salt, and eggs. You can add sugar to it, I like it that way. Or not.

 

[Magus]

People up north do, its a culture thing. here in the south, cornbread is a side dish for beans, chicken, ham, you get the idea. we salt ours.
My taste buds won't allow me to dip cake into pepper gravy, now its a damn fine cake, I'll be buying more for other things, but not for
dinner foods.

HUH... maybe with peanut butter and molasses?

 

[hashbrown]

I make two different kinds of cornbread the kind to eat with beans and such and I make at least two pans a month of cake like cornbread. I like the sweet cornbread for cornbread and milk it’s something I like before I go to bed at night.

 

[Magus]

I'm loving it! dang that looks good!
OK, one more use for this sugar infested stuff.
Howabout we just make this the cornbread thread and post recipes?

2 cups of white corn meal.
1/2 cup of flour.
3 eggs.
1/4 teaspoon of soda.
two caps of cooking oil.
1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Stir in the buttermilk until you can stand a spoon up in it.
Ladle it into a bacon greased pan.
Fry until you can count exactly 13 bubbles and flip! (HELLO MESS HALL MEISTROS! OORA!)

 

[phideaux]

We have cornbread often.
Just asked wife about it.
Absolutely no sugar.
Self rising white corn meal,
2 tablespoons self rising flour, 1 egg, milk to thinner than cake batter, super hot oil of choice, ( gives crisp bottom) bake it till it's browned in a iron skillet.

Only cornbread I'll eat, with a meal of beans, meat , veggies.

@hashbrown , my grampa taught me to use buttermilk for the cornbread snack,

Jim

 

[hiwall]

I make and eat cornbread often. I have to eat gluten-free so I use plain cornmeal with no flour added. I usually add sugar because I eat it as a pastry or cake. Sometimes I make it with no sugar to have with chili.
I think I had posted a recipe for my cornbread breakfast bars.

 

[hashbrown]

We have cornbread often.
Just asked wife about it.
Absolutely no sugar.
Self rising white corn meal,
2 tablespoons self rising flour, 1 egg, milk to thinner than cake batter, super hot oil of choice, ( gives crisp bottom) bake it till it's browned in a iron skillet.

Only cornbread I'll eat, with a meal of beans, meat , veggies.

@hashbrown , my grampa taught me to use buttermilk for the cornbread snack,

Jim

My Grandpa taught me the same way!

 

[Weedygarden]

I make and eat cornbread often. I have to eat gluten-free so I use plain cornmeal with no flour added. I usually add sugar because I eat it as a pastry or cake. Sometimes I make it with no sugar to have with chili.
I think I had posted a recipe for my cornbread breakfast bars.

Ever try gluten free flour with it?

 

[joel]

So I'm buying dinner tonight, and I see Pillsbury has corn bread in a can, and I flop some on the George Foreman while I make chicken gravy, they brown up perfectly, but the minute I dip it in my gravy, Its in the garbage! If I wanted cookies I'd have bought them, these things are more suited for some Vanilla icing than corn pone! Now I know you folks up north do this kind of thing, not so much here. Sugared corn bread is like steak and syrup. BLAAGH!

Done ranting almost.
*Walks to kitchen, knocks over a bunch of stuff, curses like a sailor, wanders back.*
I was right! these are great with Vanilla icing! they taste like crap in pepper gravy though.
*Walks to kitchen, knocks over a bunch more stuff, curses like a sailor, wanders back again.*
Not bad with cherry pie filling either! I can see using these things as a pastry base, but NOT with gravy,
and NEVER with beans! OMG the thought of desecrating a bowl of pork n pintos with this is horrifying!

10 minutes later...
Cornbread cherry tarts Ala trailer park!
Waste not, want not!

Try a can of cream corn! We do not use it, but some people do.

 

[hiwall]

I have but I prefer just the cornmeal alone.

Ever try gluten free flour with it?

 

[backlash]

Cornbread with sugar is cake. I hate it.
My wife likes hers with sugar so we always make 2 skillets 1 with 1 without.
Don't forget bacon grease.

 

[Magus]

Try a can of cream corn! We do not use it, but some people do.

Yup! Love it! add a crushed pepper and onion and it's Tex/Mex style!
One of my favorite meals is Boiled cabbage with Velveeta and corn bread.
One of my favorite breakfasts is a hunk of corn bread with a medium done fried egg in it.

 

[Frodo]

cornbread with sugar is called yankee bread around here.

try this
mix up some corn bread mix, set it aside
brown some hamburger with onions, and taco seasonings

in a casserole dish. layer corn bread dough
layer meat
layer cheese
layer corn bread dough
layer meat
layer cheese
top off with some picante sauce
bake 350

 

[Magus]

We call it that here too, but I was trying not to offend.

That sounds great! we've had hillbilly pizza, open faced corn bread covered in deer meat and stewed tomatoes with cheese.

 

[dademoss]

cornbread with sugar is called yankee bread around here.

You CANNOT find real cornbread around here unless you make it yourself. The mixes are all too sweet, and the deli cornbread uses the mixes

 

[Frodo]

You CANNOT find real cornbread around here unless you make it yourself. The mixes are all too sweet, and the deli cornbread uses the mixes

preheat 425 degrees
3 tbls veg shortening
2 cups Aunt Jemima self rising white corn meal mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg beaten
1 10'' cast iron skillet
while oven is preheating. put your crisco in the skillet and put in the oven, let the skillet get hot
mix everything pour into hot skillet with the grease
put into oven

 

[phideaux]

preheat 425 degrees
3 tbls veg shortening
2 cups Aunt Jemima self rising white corn meal mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg beaten
1 10'' cast iron skillet
while oven is preheating. put your crisco in the skillet and put in the oven, let the skillet get hot
mix everything pour into hot skillet with the grease
put into oven

That's the way my wife makes it.
I like it crisp on bottom.
And a bunch of butter on it while it's still hot.

Sometimes she puts less milk, makes it like dough, adds onion, peppers and something else to make good hush puppies.

Jim

 

[Mel]

I like honey in mine.

 

[hiwall]

Layered Cornbread (meal in one pan)
½ cup oil (+ a little)
1-1/4 cups cornmeal (+ a little)
1-1/2 cups milk (or I use the water packed with the chicken for more flavor)
1 can cream corn
3 large eggs
¾ teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
8 oz (2 cups) shredded cheese (your choice) (or just use sliced cheese)
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (one or two,12 oz can)
½ cup chopped cilantro (optional) (we have dried cilantro I use)
1/2 cup peppers of your choice (optional)
Salsa (for serving-optional)
1. Preheat oven for 350* lightly coat 9x13 pan with oil then sprinkle cornmeal in coated pan (tap out excess). I always use a glass dish but any cake pan would work. Bake 3-4 minutes. Let cool.
2. In large bowl whisk together oil, milk (or chicken water), cream corn, baking soda, and salt. Gradually stir in cornmeal. Pour half of batter into cooled pan. Sprinkle on cheese, chicken, and cilantro. Top with remaining batter. Bake until golden and toothpick comes out clean when inserted (about 55-60 minutes). Let cool about 15 minutes.
3. Serve with salsa if desired.

I often use extra cornmeal because the water in 2 cans of chicken is more than the suggested milk.
Finished cornbread freezes well and makes for a later quick meal.

 

[Mel]

Layered Cornbread (meal in one pan)
½ cup oil (+ a little)
1-1/4 cups cornmeal (+ a little)
1-1/2 cups milk (or I use the water packed with the chicken for more flavor)
1 can cream corn
3 large eggs
¾ teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
8 oz (2 cups) shredded cheese (your choice) (or just use sliced cheese)
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (one or two,12 oz can)
½ cup chopped cilantro (optional) (we have dried cilantro I use)
1/2 cup peppers of your choice (optional)
Salsa (for serving-optional)
1. Preheat oven for 350* lightly coat 9x13 pan with oil then sprinkle cornmeal in coated pan (tap out excess). I always use a glass dish but any cake pan would work. Bake 3-4 minutes. Let cool.
2. In large bowl whisk together oil, milk (or chicken water), cream corn, baking soda, and salt. Gradually stir in cornmeal. Pour half of batter into cooled pan. Sprinkle on cheese, chicken, and cilantro. Top with remaining batter. Bake until golden and toothpick comes out clean when inserted (about 55-60 minutes). Let cool about 15 minutes.
3. Serve with salsa if desired.

I often use extra cornmeal because the water in 2 cans of chicken is more than the suggested milk.
Finished cornbread freezes well and makes for a later quick meal.

I wonder if this could be modified to make Mexican cornbread.

 

[Weedygarden]

Many years ago I saw a cornbread recipe with jalapenos in it. I never made it, but my daughter sure does love jalapenos!

 

[Frodo]

Many years ago I saw a cornbread recipe with jalapenos in it. I never made it, but my daughter sure does love jalapenos!

take my recipe from above
and add 1 cup shredded cheese
2- diced jalapeños. if you do not want it hot ,remove the veins and seeds if you want it hot leave them in .

 

[Curmudgeon]

Cornbread with sugar is cake. I hate it.
My wife likes hers with sugar so we always make 2 skillets 1 with 1 without.

Just the opposite here, she doesn't like the sugar and I do, lol. I don't put sugar in the mix, I butter the top as soon as it is done and put a very light layer of sugar sprinkled on top. Yum.............

 

[Cabin Fever]

Northerners, like us in Minnesota, eat sweet cornbread. We call it "Johnny Cake" and fry the batter similar to pancakes or make muffins from the batter.

 

[sonya123]

I make my own corn bread but I put sugar in it too ( 4 tbsp) and I use yellow corn meal only. I don't like the white stuff

 

[txcatlady]

I use recipe on back of yellow cornmeal bag.

 

[WVDragonlady]

I use sugar in the cornbread that I make to go with my bean soup. Its the way I grew up and I still eat it that way.
All other times I make mine savory by adding thyme or rosemary and oregano. If I think of it, I'll throw in some dried parsley too