Southern Style Cornbread
This crumbly cornbread has a crisp crust that will have you yearning for Sunday afternoon's on a country porch in no time.
Ingredients
- self-rising yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 stick butter
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Pour oil and butter into a small cast iron skillet and place into a cold oven. Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a heat-safe bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, and cornmeal.
- Once oven is finished heating, check to ensure the butter has completely melted.
- Mix the melted butter/oil mixture with the cornmeal mixture. (The batter should resemble pancake batter. Add cornmeal if necessary.) Pour the batter back into the hot skillet.
- Bake for approximately 30 mins or until done in the center. Flip cornbread onto a plate, slice and serve.