real southern cornbread

🥘 Ingredients

• • yellow cornmeal
• • unbleached all-purpose flour
• • baking powder
• • salt
• • baking soda
• • buttermilk
• • egg
• • sugar
• • corn oil
• • unsalted butter

📝 Instructions

1. 1 put the skillet in the oven and preheat to 375 degrees
2. 2 combine the dry ingredients except for the baking soda in a bowl
3. 3 in another bowl , mix the buttermilk and the baking soda
4. 4 set aside
5. 5 in a small bowl , beat the egg with the sugar until combined
6. 6 add the oil and mix until combined
7. 7 pour this mixture into the buttermilk / baking soda , and mix
8. 8 when the oven is preheated , toss the butter into the skillet and let it melt
9. 9 meanwhile , pour the wet ingredients into the dry , and mix in as few strokes as it takes to just make the dough come together
10. 10 pull the skillet out of the oven , swirling to get the butter covering the bottom and up the sides of the skillet
11. 11 pour the batter immediately into the pan , smoothing the top , then back into the oven for about 25 minutes , or until golden brown and pulled away from the sides of the pan
12. 12 turn out onto a cutting board , cut into wedges and serve
13. 13 it may just be my upbringing , but it tastes better somehow
14. 14 and please do not add the baking soda to the dry ingredients
15. 15 i can't explain why , but adding it to the buttermilk makes a big difference in the texture