Skillet Cornbread

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Yield:
16 wedges

This cornbread is baked—and served—in a cast-iron skillet, giving it a crunchy crust.

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Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups yellow cornmeal

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 ¼ teaspoons coarse salt

  • 1 large egg

  • 1 ¾ cups buttermilk

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Whisk together egg and buttermilk; stir into flour mixture.

  2. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet or a 2-quart baking dish in oven. Remove skillet; swirl to coat bottom. Pour in batter. Bake until a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into wedges.

Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, May 2005

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