Honeyed Cornbread
from the National Honey Board Website (https://honey.com/recipe/honeyed-cornbread)
Ingredients
□ 2½ cups self-rising cornmeal
□ ½ tsp salt
□ ¼ cup vegetable oil
□ ½ cup creamed corn
□ 1⅓ cup buttermilk
□ ¼ cup honey
□ 1 egg
□ 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for skillet)
□ Honey and Butter for serving
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Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Step 2
Swirl the 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a cast iron skillet. Place in the over to heat. Watch that it doesn’t start to smoke!
Step 3
Mix the cornmeal and salt in a large bowl.
Step 4
In a second bowl, combine the vegetable oil, creamed corn, buttermilk, honey and egg.
Step 5
Stir the wet ingredients with the dry until just combined. Batter will be lumpy, don’t over mix!
Step 6
Open the oven and drop a tsp of batter into the hot skillet to make sure it is heated enough to sizzle.
Step 7
Once heated enough, carefully pour the batter into the skillet.
Step 8
Bake for 20-25 minutes until set and golden brown.
Step 9
Cut into slices and serve with additional honey and butter.
Tip
Add 4 pieces of chopped bacon to the batter for a special treat!
