cornbread

8 Ways to Serve Cornbread (plus one!)

October 27, 2015 by Tiffany 12 Comments

I love cornbread. It is absolutely delicious fresh from the oven with a slather of butter and honey on top, and it also is the match made in heaven for some of my favorite meals, like with a good bowl of chili! I love it so much that I keep finding more ways to eat it.

The great thing about corn bread is there are so many different ways to serve it up. While one of my favorite things ever is pulling a skillet of crusty corn bread out of the oven, my life would not be complete with out corn casserole or cheddar muffins being a part of it. Not to mention all the delicious things like cornbread pizza, tamale sandwiches or that delicious plate of chipped beef gravy over cornbread. To me, cornbread is just the perfect fall bread, so I decided to share all of my favorites in one place. I know I said that I was going to share eight cornbread recipes and meals in this post, but I sneaked in a ninth one as a bonus!

Nine of my Favorite Cornbread Recipes

Don’t miss the chili recipes! Chili and cornbread are a perfect combo.

And because I really have to know: what’s your favorite way to eat cornbread?

Spoon Bread with Swiss

April 6, 2012 by Tiffany King 6 Comments

Have you ever heard of spoon bread?

In Berea, KY where we used to live the Boone Tavern is famous for their spoon bread, a soft cornbread served and eaten with a spoon. Traditionally, the dish doesn’t have any cheese in it, but I found a version with cheese in an old cookbook of mine.

The Country Gourmet Cookbook calls for Colby, Fontina or Romano. I used Swiss because that’s what I had available and it turned out great. I served it with grilled ham and Spicy Skillet Turnip Greens from Add a Pinch (they were delicious!).

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Make Your Own: Cornbread Muffin Mix

March 22, 2011 by Tiffany King 16 Comments

Cornbread muffins are an easy way to round out a meal. I decided to save a few steps by making my own mix.

One note: Don’t leave out the butter when you mix them up. We had company the other day and I served these muffins. Right before we sat down to eat, I discovered the melted butter that was supposed to be in the muffins sitting in the microwave instead.

Please tell me I’m not the only one to have trouble talking and cooking at the same time! I once melted a Tupperware bowl in the oven because I was talking on the phone and not paying attention. I meant to turn the oven on to about 200 degrees and then turn it off again, to rise some bread dough. The key is turning the oven off!

I’d love to hear your stories of distractions that led to cooking disasters! But first, let’s get to the recipe. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more…] about Make Your Own: Cornbread Muffin Mix

Homemade Cornbread Dressing

October 26, 2010 by Tiffany King 19 Comments

Every family has their own version of the *right* dressing or stuffing or filling or whatever you may call it. For me, it just isn’t Thanksgiving without this cornbread dressing.

It has to have homemade cornbread. Not the sweet kind. Good country cornbread baked in an iron skillet. Bonus points if you use bacon fat to grease the skillet. It has to have celery and onion, of course. And it has to have plenty of ground sage. Lots of sage.

My favorite part of making the dressing, is tasting it for proper seasoning. Taste a little. Add sage and salt. Stir. Taste. Add broth and sage. Stir. Taste again. Perfect!

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Cornbread Pizza

August 13, 2010 by Tiffany King 16 Comments

My friend, the Invisible Woman gave me the idea for this recipe. I’ll explain at the end of the post why I call her the Invisible Woman.

She said she made a cornbread crust and layered on sliced tomatoes and other veggies. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any tomatoes the night I decided to make this. I still want to try the veggie version, because I think it will be grand. Especially with garden fresh tomatoes.

This version is a fast way to make homemade pizza. It made the kids happy too.

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