EmailThe Basics: How to Make Skillet Cornbread
From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from raw ingredients to your dinner tonight, free of measurements and complicated techniques. It’s a method you’ll remember and whip out whenever you like. It is the most basic way to make the thing you’re making.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- • a large (12-inch) cast iron skillet, pie pan, cake pan, or large baking dish
- • a whisk or fork
- • two large mixing bowls
- • a rubber spatula or wooden spoon
- • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick)
- • 1 1/4 cups finely ground cornmeal
- • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- • 2 tablespoons sugar
- • 1 teaspoon baking powder
- • 1 teaspoon baking soda
- • 1 teaspoon salt
- • 2 eggs
- • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
