Perfect Cornbread
Posted on 04 November 2010
Cornbread seems to be one of those things that people feel rather passionately about and everybody has their own idea of what perfect cornbread tastes like. I am not a fan at all of dry cornbread, but some of the sweet cornbreads can be too much like a dessert for me to eat with a meal.
When I found this recipe on a blog and saw that she quoted King Arthur Flour as saying “this cornbread is a rare compromise between Southern and Northern cornbreads; it’s ‘just right’, as regards the amount of sugar" I knew I’d found a recipe that just might be what we would love.
And love it we did! I made this in a 9 inch square pan and will probably try it as muffins next time. This cornbread was exactly what I was looking for – and my beloved even said this recipe is a keeper. It’s very moist and almost cake-like without being so sweet as to be a dessert.
Obviously with only the two of us we had a lot of leftovers. Not a problem at all as I enjoyed a piece this morning with my coffee and it made a wonderful breakfast. 
CORNBREAD
from Telly’s Tasty Tidbits (originally from King Arthur Flour)
1 3/4 cups flour
1 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a 9 inch square pan with Pam (or use 12 muffin cups).
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl whisk together milk, melted butter and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring just until blended (I used a spatula for this and it worked very well.)
Spread the batter in the pan (or scoop into the muffin cups). Bake for 17-25 minutes, just until the edges begin to pull away from the pan and a toothpick in the center comes out clean (in my 9 inch square pan it took 18 minutes).
Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 5 minutes before cutting. Serve warm.
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I LOVE cornbread. Especially this time of year with a great pot of chili or soup. Can’t wait to try this version. Have a super weekend!
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Oooohh, I love a good cornbread. This looks delicious. I recently made a pumpkin cornbread and loved that too. By the way, I’m holding a CSN giveaway on my blog and you’re welcome to come by and enter. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/11/45-csn-giveaway.html
I am ALWAYS on the lookout for a good cornbread recipe. This one looks amazing and would go perfectly with a turky chili con carne I make. Thanks for posting it
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