Cornbread?

[Guest]

Hi,&nbsp; There is so much talk of cornbread on the VD forum I am wondering if anyone has a good, simple, from scratch recipe for a small cornbread I can cook in my Burton 12v stove/oven?<br><br>I want it to not use super-processed ingredients...otherwise I&nbsp; would use a mix. Just plain coarse ground corn, etc.<br>Thanx,<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[exitinn]

<P>I know you don't want to hear it . But I use the mix Martha White or Cotton Pickin Corn Bread and griddle fry it . But you can pull up Corn Bread recipes and they can tell you how to mix it yourself . I'm from Tn. and my oven corn bread comes out right about half the time . Thats why I griddle fry it .</P>

 

[Guest]

I don't mind hearing that at all exitinn...interested in how folks do it...if you don't mind just give me a run down of what you do to make your cornbread.....<br>When you say griddle fry...do you mix it up like pancake batter and pour it on like you would a pancake?<br><br>I am wondering how to distill the entire process down to easy, no mess quick cornbread and there are more parts to that than just the mix or ingredients....<br><br>For instance I have a great recipe for bannock and it is an easy no mess process. It uses wheat, baking powder, salt and water....really easy and cooks like your cornbread...in a skillet...<br>Thanks for your reply...<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[exitinn]

<P>Yes I use the packets , you can just add water . Or some of the better ones you add milk and a egg . Just mix it in a bowl , and pour or spoon out just as making pancakes . Sometimes adding jalapeno or canned corn or both&nbsp;. I eat them as I make them sometimes they are so good right out of the pan . crumble up some fried bacon thats good to . Leftovers can be breakfast&nbsp; with some peanut butter end jelly on top just like pancakes .</P>

 

[Guest]

I just used a package of Martha White's cornbread mix and made corn cakes....not bad and I like that it is a small package and I only had to add water....next I will mix it in&nbsp; a plastic bag to see how that works for a low water/no cleanup situation...<br>Thanks,<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[twokniveskatie]

good idea about the mixing in <font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">a bag.....harkens back to freezer bag cooking, but nevere thought of using it like that....</font>

 

[akrvbob]

I make/mix a lot of things in zip lock bags so there is no cleanup. I mix pancake batter in one and then cut off a corner and pour&nbsp; it into the frying pan by squezzing it through the hole like it was icing. My parents were southern so I love banana pudding. I mix up the pudding an a zip lock and just squeeze the bag to mix it up, it makes it easy to get out the lumps. When i make tuna for sandwiches I just put the tuna in a zip lock and put the mayo and pickles in and mix it by squeezing. I love strawberry shortcake, so I buy a 1 lb frozen bag at Walmart and let it thaw. When they are thawed but still hard I squeeze the strawberries in the bag untill they are smooshed up (yes, that is the technical term for it!). Then I add a few packets of splenda for sweetness and it is an extremely heahlty and easy treat! <br><br>What are your ideas?&nbsp; <br>

 

[Guest]

Excellent advice Bob....I am going to become a bagman...I love the no cleanup aspect....sounds just perfect.....<br>Bri <br>

 

[Guest]

CORN BREAD IN A CAST IRON FRY PAN

Recommend slathering it with gobs of Honey *yum*

 

[karl]

I think this just became my fav thread....<br>minimal cleanup- even better than letting Fido do the dishes<img src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0"><br><br>

 

[mountaintramp]

i make it in a cast iron skillet too. i like to heat some olive oil in the skillet and saute' some jalipino (sp) peppers. then i mix the peppers in with the mix and bake it all in the same skillet/oil. nice and crispy around the edges and bottom.<br>

 

[Guest]

*Note*
Olive Oil (which is awesome) like all other oils, has a smoking point. Not only will it smoke on too high a heat setting, but more importantly - you could be burning off all the good stuff in the olive oil.
The better the quality of the olive oil (extra virgin) the higher the smoke point and temp tolerance will be. The cheaper the quality, the lower the smoking point and temp tolerance.

 

[mountaintramp]

yeah, i found out about using just 100% pure olive oil, not the extra virgin. i use a lot of it here it. when i make the corn bread i use it as the oil ingredient too. it gives me beautiful skin!<br>

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Old thread but good stuff

I like bits of peaches in pancakes and the bag method makes it easy. I top the cakes with cottage cheese and spoon on more peach chunks.

 

[LeeRevell]

Peanut oil is used in Navy submarines due to it's high temp at which it smokes. That would work well in the closed confines of a van.

 

[Belinda2]

Buttermilk is really tasty in bread recipes. You only need a little and then what do you do with it? I make my own buttermilk with adding a tsp. of lemon juice or yogurt to milk and waiting a few minutes. If you are making a yeast recipe, the Vitamin C acid in the lemon juice also makes the yeast work better in it's environment.

 

[eDJ_]

I'm a kit person too simply for the utility of not having to carry loads of cooking supplies.

Here's how I do mine.

Heat the DO with some butter in the bottom of it.

Mix a box of Jiffy, Martha White, WalMart GV, or what ever in a bowl with 1 egg and 1/2 cup buttermilk
and whip it up to mix it with a spoon.  Turn this into the hot DO and bake about 10 minutes turning the
Do and then rotating the lid 1/2 a turn.  Total about 20 minutes.  I try to keep the heat to about 350F.

It makes a good cornbread and you can try this at home just using your kitchen oven and see what you
think of it.  But having the Iron hot sets a nice crisp brown bottom and side crust.   I often crumble some of
this up in a bowl and pour buttermilk on it an shake some coarse ground black pepper on it.  It's good !

I try to keep buttermilk in my ice chest to cook with and drink as I like it. 

If you try it and like it, don't be afraid to say so and let the others here know.

As much as I like cooking, I don't want to go to camp and cook all day while everyone
else is swimming, boating, hiking, fishing, or exploring.

 

[greybeard23]

Hi,&nbsp; There is so much talk of cornbread on the VD forum I am wondering if anyone has a good, simple, from scratch recipe for a small cornbread I can cook in my Burton 12v stove/oven?<br><br>I want it to not use super-processed ingredients...otherwise I&nbsp; would use a mix. Just plain coarse ground corn, etc.<br>Thanx,<br>Bri<br><br>

This is the recipe I use for Cornbread:

1 cup Flour
1 cup Cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Egg
1 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Butter

Bake 20 to 25 Minutes.

I bake mine in a small bread pan.  But much nicer in a cast iron fry pan.

Baked three loaves for the Chili dinner last RTR.   I think most of it got eaten.

 

[ZoNiE]

Ummm... "VD" Forum? Perhaps a different nickname is in order :dodgy:

 

[wagoneer]

Gonna try graybeard's version next week in Nevada, thanks Dave. How's it going back east?