Mistakes Everyone Makes When Making Cornbread

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  • @MashedFood
    @MashedFood  Před 2 lety +8

    Do you have any tips for making cornbread?

    • @hayatbosdiyenkiz8281
      @hayatbosdiyenkiz8281 Před 2 lety +2

      No 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    • @shanaeshafree7692
      @shanaeshafree7692 Před 2 lety

      Nope, just a waste of time.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston Před 2 lety +3

      I make a savory sour cream batter starting with about two cups of Martha White self-rising corn meal mix (this mix does contain some wheat flour, and baking powder), about a cup and a half of sour cream (reduced fat or low fat just don't give the rich texture of the full fat product), two extra large to jumbo size eggs, a cup or so of home made creamed corn (Green Giant brand canned isn't bad if you don't have the home made, but the home made from fresh punches up the corn flavor) and a quarter-cup of bacon drippings. You may want to adjust the consistency of the batter by adding more corn meal or liquid ingredients as needed.
      Add your amendments (crumbled crisp-cooked bacon, hot peppers, or about a quarter-cup of diced onions for a hush-puppy flavor, or whatever else appeals to you) and let the batter rest for a little while (maybe up to an hour).
      The ideal cooking vessel is a ten-inch cast iron skillet preheated in a 425 degree oven, oiled with a paper towel dipped in corn oil (use tongs, of course). Transfer the batter to the hot skillet, and bake at 425 for about a half-hour to forty-five minutes until nicely browned, and a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
      I hope I haven't forgotten anything.
      This recipe is roundly condemned by any and every authority on healthy eating, but doggone! it's tasty.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      @@5610winstonThank you, ma'am.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston Před 2 lety

      @@kred6282 "ma'am"?

  • @scoutfinch7727
    @scoutfinch7727 Před 2 lety +11

    Alabama here. Right on with white meal only! Preheat shortening in the cast iron in the oven and pour the batter in the hot grease. It will sear the sides of the cornbread before it slips back in the oven!

    • @tonyn3123
      @tonyn3123 Před 4 dny

      I am so with you. My Mother taught me to make southern cornbread before she passed. I am very glad she did, because it is hard to find restaurants that make good southern cornbread with white meal and preheating the skillet and shortening in the oven before baking. It is certainly not a sweet cornbread! My favorite desert is southern cornbread with a nice brown crunchy crust and applesauce. The sweet and sour make for a delicious desert! I much prefer it over any cake.

  • @bartrhodes7122
    @bartrhodes7122 Před rokem +12

    Why would anyone in the South put any sugar, of any kind, in their cornbread? I grew up in the South and we never used white cornmeal ever. I must admit, however, as kids, we would butter it right away and save it for dessert. We would put maple syrup on it. But sugar was never used to make the cornbread. Love that stuff.

  • @jtking76
    @jtking76 Před 2 lety +9

    My grandmother made three different types of cornbread and I enjoyed all three. She made baked cornbread with buttermilk and Martha White cornmeal with no sugar added. She also made fried cornbread without sugar and she made Jiffy cornbread which is very sweet. She always used cast iron and it definitely improves the flavor and texture. I have experimented with lots of different recipes and I have never made a cornbread I didn't like regardless of the ingredients or the pan I used. Cornbread is much more versatile than most people imagine.

  • @tomrobards7753
    @tomrobards7753 Před 2 lety +50

    Whoever made this video don't know beans from apple butter in the South it's yellow corn meal always has been always will be and I'm old man

    • @tmcche7881
      @tmcche7881 Před 2 lety +2

      In middle Tennessee it's white cornmeal. It's hard to find yellow cornmeal. I prefer to use yellow cornmeal.

    • @stanwolenski9541
      @stanwolenski9541 Před 7 měsíci +2

      I’m a NJ yankee, I got to Texas as soon as I could, in my opinion yellow corn meal is the only way to go.

    • @miltkarr5109
      @miltkarr5109 Před 7 měsíci

      Yellow? Where are you from? Looks like them Yankees have infiltrated your mind boy.

    • @PV96
      @PV96 Před 6 měsíci

      Anyone who says to use yellow cornmeal is a damned yankee !!! It’s like using sugar in cornbread, you just don’t do it !! My family established their first homestead in the hills of Western North Carolina in the early 1700’s.

    • @jessicasanders146
      @jessicasanders146 Před 4 měsíci

      Actually not true my mom uses white and she's been a southerner since she was born

  • @StarFleet_Tech1701
    @StarFleet_Tech1701 Před 2 lety +22

    I'm from Georgia (deep south) and have always had yellow cornbread.

    • @annecollins1741
      @annecollins1741 Před 2 lety

      I live in Texas and I use yellow cornmeal so what's the big deal.

    • @DanWright-w7x
      @DanWright-w7x Před měsícem

      I'm From the Hills in VA and all my Family used Yellow

  • @seriousb3449
    @seriousb3449 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Southern born and raised. There's no such view on white cornmeal. In fact we always use yellow cornmeal..the only way to have it is with butter, either alone or with chilli or beans. Altho the older folks did eat it with buttermilk or honey.. sooo..yeah... bless your heart ... you tried..

  • @chkchkpap45
    @chkchkpap45 Před 2 lety +10

    Uhhh.... Totally wrong on the southern cornbread. ONLY YELLOW.

    • @DanWright-w7x
      @DanWright-w7x Před měsícem +1

      Yes Real Southern County Cornbread Yellow

  • @hellhound1389
    @hellhound1389 Před 2 lety +22

    I learned to make "southern" cornbread from a real southerner and she only used yellow cornmeal. It's a 50/50 cornmeal and AP flour with a touch of buttermilk and cream, one egg and all in a HOT skillet greased with lard "fresh rendered from a Mexican grocery store" pull just shy of done and let sit on stove covered loosely in foil til cool. Best damn cornbread on the planet

    • @allen6924
      @allen6924 Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks that was very informative and I'm trying this method pronto.

    • @jaxxbrat2634
      @jaxxbrat2634 Před 2 lety +1

      Opinion.. I make it different

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      @@jaxxbrat2634 What is your method please?

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      Do you cook it covered with foil too?

    • @hellhound1389
      @hellhound1389 Před 2 lety +2

      @@kred6282 no, foil goes on to keep warm while it sets

  • @janscutter
    @janscutter Před 2 lety +22

    Yeah, you really missed the mark on southern cornbread. Out of 4-5 generations in Louisiana, not a single one used white cornmeal and most of your other “tips” is on the same level of WTF as kale in gumbo.

    • @meauxjeaux431
      @meauxjeaux431 Před 2 lety +2

      That's typical for this channel. NEVER in my life of 68 years in Southeast Louisiana, have I ever heard of white cornbread...!

    • @verashular3116
      @verashular3116 Před měsícem

      I only like white cornmeal.

  • @ferengiprofiteer9145
    @ferengiprofiteer9145 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Texas born and raised. I've never laid eyes on white cornbread. Not even in the military that I recall.

  • @susank.9223
    @susank.9223 Před 2 lety +5

    I absolutely LOVE cornbread! I only use Bob’s Red Mill stone ground medium-grind yellow cornmeal. I like it to be more like cake. I’m from Michigan but I never put any sweetener in it because I either have it with homemade ham and beans or I split it in half while it’s still hot and smother it with butter and either honey or strawberry jam. OMG I’m drooling just thinking about it!

  • @guermeisterdoodlebug7980
    @guermeisterdoodlebug7980 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Sweet cornbread it’s not actually cornbread at all: it’s cake.

  • @hellbilly7817
    @hellbilly7817 Před rokem +3

    Sweet cornbread isn't true southern cornbread, that's Yankee bread, so grandma always said

  • @zlatkajupe
    @zlatkajupe Před rokem +6

    Why am I not surprised the Southern cornbread wants white only cornflour 😂

  • @whome8391
    @whome8391 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I use bacon grease as added fat in a hot cast iron skillet poring in the cornmeal batter just before sliding the skillet into a 400 degree oven to get a crunchy crust. I find it difficult to get the a coarse grind yellow cornmeal o make a good Southern cornbread in New England. I prefer the coarse texture over the cakelike flour mixes. Personally, New Englanders seem to prefer a less seasoned recipes and a cake flour in dishes like stuffing and donuts. Even the mac and cheese and mashed potatoes have less texture and flavor. I think we are all partial to the dishes we were raised to enjoy. Texture is as much the experience as taste to enjoyment of a dish. I really enjoy a bowl of greens cooked wellwith a piece of fatty pork, seasoned with pepper vinegar and a big slice of buttered coarse cornbread.

  • @PockyFiend
    @PockyFiend Před 2 lety +13

    Can we just quit calling sweet corn bread "corn bread"? If y'all want to create corn cake, be our guest. Real corn bread doesn't use sweetners, period.

    • @melissaneel3650
      @melissaneel3650 Před 2 lety +4

      Corn cake and corn muffins. But never in my life did I experience anyone in Tennessee putting sugar in cornbread until I was fed by someone who learned to cook from the internet.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston Před 2 lety +1

      Natural sweetness of the corn is sufficient, no, make that perfect.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      @@melissaneel3650I'm from Tennessee and all of our family from many many generations always added sweeteners to cornbread.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      Cornbread Is cornbread. No matter how you slice it.

  • @tomrobards7753
    @tomrobards7753 Před 2 lety +6

    And I make some damn fine cornbread I used to have a friend that would drive for 40 minutes to come and get cornbread I made for them

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      I'm intrigued!! Teach me your way! PLEASEEE?? I want to try something different.

  • @crustycurmudgeon2182
    @crustycurmudgeon2182 Před 7 měsíci

    Years ago, I worked at several restaurants here in Mobile, AL where we made our own cornbread (NOT from mixes), and the general recipe was 2 parts cornmeal (YELLOW!), one part white flour and 1/4 cup sugar for every 5 cups of cornmeal/flour (roughly) Dash of salt, and about 1/2 cup milk and some oil (we kinda eye-balled those last things) I agree that melted butter would do well in place of the oil. But I'm HUGELY interested in the idea of soaking course-ground cornmeal in buttermilk-- sounds like it could be quite good!

  • @joannhutchinson3030
    @joannhutchinson3030 Před 2 lety +4

    When making from scratch like I do use 1cup of cornmeal and 1cupof all purpose flour and a table spoon of sour cream

    • @PV96
      @PV96 Před 4 měsíci

      Does the sour cream make it rise?

  • @chriscolfer2915
    @chriscolfer2915 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Man I love cornbread 😗

  • @gailcoleman3351
    @gailcoleman3351 Před 2 lety +3

    I love white corn bread. I have recently started to put it in a waffle iron and it makes a delicious crispy crust. I use half the recipe for a cast iron 6” pan and do the rest in a waffle iron. Both are so yummie!

  • @PYN111
    @PYN111 Před 2 lety +5

    I think you’re mixing up “cornmeal” and “cornmeal mix”. The “Mix” will include self-rising agents, salt, etc., whereas “cornmeal” is simply the ground corn kernels.

  • @hawghead4596
    @hawghead4596 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Anybody that puts sugar in cornbread is definitely not from the south. If I want cake I will buy a cake mix. I also have a 25 years old cast iron skillet I cook cornbread in, nothing else has ever been cooked in it. The cornbread does not stick and when I put the cornbread on a plate I put the skillet back into the oven, while the oven cools down, the blacker the skillet, the better it cooks.

    • @lighterbeing
      @lighterbeing Před 7 měsíci

      When my husband and I married, he said he liked sweet cornbread. I said never will I be able to do that, you will need to make for yourself. I think he did once in our 40 sweet years.

  • @shawnajones1740
    @shawnajones1740 Před 2 lety +3

    She said corn meal thousand times lol 😂😂

  • @alexwallace6120
    @alexwallace6120 Před 2 lety +1

    I love nice moist cornbread. I do like to put peanut butter on it and or honey and real butter.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      Yum! Never heard of peanut butter on it. I love peanut butter.

  • @thetwistedsamurai
    @thetwistedsamurai Před 8 měsíci

    I'm Choctaw-Chickasaw (I'm both) and my jaw dropped when you mentioned both!!!

  • @Joseph-eu6jp
    @Joseph-eu6jp Před rokem

    Thanks for the nowledge, very educational.

  • @Momshomecooking
    @Momshomecooking Před 2 lety +2

    Nice video 👍

  • @joshuagabsart
    @joshuagabsart Před 3 měsíci

    She’s the Anti-Corn!! Corn corn. fire corn. The almighty powerful corn! (Yokel accent) -Freebirds

  • @tangleshotgun8829
    @tangleshotgun8829 Před 10 měsíci

    It’s interesting that you say the most finely ground cornmeal is the least sweet. Because I made a Ukrainian baked cornmeal dish yesterday using Bob’s Redmill medium grind organic and it was the first time I have ever had that dish where it was bitter.

  • @ahnaahna7278
    @ahnaahna7278 Před 8 měsíci

    The best cornbread has all the high fat, mixture soaked overnight, bacon grease….onion/garlic powder, dried parsley, red/green diced peppers, or small can of diced chilis. Have plenty of real butter to put on your portions!! You will be glad that u did!
    Ahna. Atlanta GA

  • @jayyoung2586
    @jayyoung2586 Před rokem +1

    Cornbread should not taste like cake! Butter melted in the cast iron pan, corn meal and buttermilk.

  • @annecollins1741
    @annecollins1741 Před 2 lety +2

    I do have a question can I use jiffy cornmeal to make dressing? It's my very first Thanksgiving and my mother in law uses the mix; but my mother say absolutely not! She says that jiffy is way too sweet and my dressing will be as well. Help! I really need some advice.

    • @judithhitt6358
      @judithhitt6358 Před 2 lety +1

      Jiffy corn bread mix has toxic ingredients in it. Beware of what you buy from corporate America. This is fact..

    • @Dindasayswhynot
      @Dindasayswhynot Před 2 lety +3

      @AnneCollins
      Yes. But be sure to really amp up the herbs, especially the dried sage leaves. It is still too sweet but with enough celery, onion and herbs the sweet can be offset just enough. I have done it in a pinch, but if you can find some real, coarse grind cornmeal and make cornbread without sugar or flour it will be better.
      Edit: I'd forgotten because I can't use it. There's a long package of crunchy unsweetened cornbread croutons that are already seasoned. That made a pretty good dressin when more herbs were added.

    • @annecollins1741
      @annecollins1741 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Dindasayswhynot Thank you for the advice and I'm going to try that.😊

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston Před 2 lety +1

      HORRORS!
      You will, presumably, have other sides and garnishes (sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc.), and other sweet ingredients (onions, celery) will be in your dressing. Make a nice savory corn bread as a base for your dressing.

    • @scoutfinch7727
      @scoutfinch7727 Před 2 lety +1

      No. Too sweet!!

  • @miltkarr5109
    @miltkarr5109 Před 7 měsíci

    The hodgson mill was the best. Gone forever. Shat corn meal abounds.

  • @pattiel1108
    @pattiel1108 Před 10 měsíci

    So to make gluten-free cornbread muffins, I use a gluten-free flour and the recipe on the back of the Indian Head white cornmeal bag. The muffins turned out dry. Maybe add an extra egg? I also used coconut oil instead of butter. Any tips on how to get my gluten-free muffins more moist?TYIA!

    • @anawashere5762
      @anawashere5762 Před 9 měsíci

      Soak the cornmeal, it really makes a difference.

    • @pattiel1108
      @pattiel1108 Před 9 měsíci

      So this time I used a recipe I found online. More milk. Used butter instead of coconut oil and 2 eggs. What a difference. Light and fluffy. Next I'm going to try with the organic yellow cornmeal I bought yesterday.

  • @rodneymckinnon9075
    @rodneymckinnon9075 Před 7 měsíci

    Did you see HIS cornbread? That top looked like black pavement !😂😂😂😂😂

  • @she5152
    @she5152 Před rokem

    Nothing beats Jiffy! If you know how to make it

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston Před 2 lety

    I use Martha White self-rising corn meal mix, bacon drippings, about a cup of home-made creamed corn, and sour cream instead of buttermilk. Corn bread should be savory, dense, and moist, with just a hint of sweetness. I sometimes use an earthenware pan lined with a lattice of bacon microwaved to crisp, then pour the sour cream batter over the bacon. The taste is incredible.
    Corn bread is a fine vehicle for the cooking liquids from your beans or greens or soups or stews or --- use your imagination.

  • @brucepoole8552
    @brucepoole8552 Před měsícem +1

    This is wrong on so many levels

  • @2l84me8
    @2l84me8 Před 9 měsíci

    Cornbread should be sweet and savory.

  • @TheChampy2012
    @TheChampy2012 Před 2 lety

    Yummmm! Custard corn bread. My mom and I love jalapeño n cheese corn bread! I prefer a yellow corn bread with a whipped honey butter. 😋

  • @ferengiprofiteer9145
    @ferengiprofiteer9145 Před 3 měsíci

    White or yellow, cornbread and molasses is dessert.

    • @herrprepper2070
      @herrprepper2070 Před 3 měsíci

      Molasses.. gag! Use Sorghum instead. Molasses is nothing but what’s left after making sugar, while sorghum IS SORGHUM… pure and natural.

  • @DanWright-w7x
    @DanWright-w7x Před měsícem

    I prefer Yellow Mill Ground and NO Flour adding flour your just making Jiffy Mix !!

  • @bustabass9025
    @bustabass9025 Před 6 měsíci

    You totally swung and missed on your discussion of soul food, black folks, traditional southern culture, and social variants by omitting Hot Water Cornbread. I purposely re-watched this to make sure I didn't miss it... not a word!
    People who write about culture, traditions, and the like are usually people who have never experienced it and in many cases are going by what they read or was told by someone else, who never experienced it either. Otherwise, they would know all the reasons why that particular take on cornbread still is and has been a vital part of the traditional soul food diet for countless generations.

  • @tinatinnet8751
    @tinatinnet8751 Před 9 měsíci

    And you have to use a cast iron skillet to

  • @peggyemerson2108
    @peggyemerson2108 Před 2 lety +1

    Yes, white!

  • @deanronson6331
    @deanronson6331 Před 2 lety +1

    Cornbread is not a dessert. It's a type of bread that can be substituted for wheat bread, and many foreign cultures do. Therefore, no more than a tiny bit of sugar should be used in something that is meant to be eaten with cream cheese, sausage, butter, and other savory items or to be crumbled/dunked into the sauce of a savory dish.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety +1

      Your opinion.

    • @deanronson6331
      @deanronson6331 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kred6282 You're confusing facts with opinions.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      @@deanronson6331You must be delusional!!! . Your freaking comment is an opinion, LIKE I SAID!!! Do you even know the difference between a fact and opinion?!? You should stick to your foreign cultures you speak of and educate yourself on the difference between facts & opinions before getting on CZcams & making a butt of yourself. I'm embarrassed for you.

  • @jwalk31
    @jwalk31 Před rokem

    Wow, the amount of falsehoods in this is overwhelming. People... DO NOT heat you pan, especially a cast iron pan. Like she said it retains heat very well. That why you should NOT preheat it. That heat will possibly burn the bottom of you cornbread even if buttered correctly.
    also, whose southern roots you talking about? YELLOW is the best and most used anywhere, even in the South. My grandma is from El Paso. Never in her life was her cornbread anything other than golden yellow. Now if you don't want it sweet, yes, white cornmeal is the way to go. But it's best when you use yellow cornmeal, and to take it over the top, actual corn in the mixture. Maybe even a little cheddar cheese.

  • @lokesh303101
    @lokesh303101 Před 5 měsíci

    Cornbread is Better!

  • @edsoderlind7568
    @edsoderlind7568 Před 2 lety +3

    jiffy
    DUH!!!

  • @briansparadeo7851
    @briansparadeo7851 Před 2 lety +1

    Put a can of cream corn in e. Yummm

  • @sarmibhatt5121
    @sarmibhatt5121 Před 2 lety

    Need help !!! I tried making cornbread thrice but every time it remains soggy inside don't know why... I used both corn kernels (boiled) & cornmeal, no flour, butter milk, egg, baking powder , sugar n salt that's it... Baked in 200℃ for 40 mnts but still it was soggy inside ...

    • @elmayberry6467
      @elmayberry6467 Před rokem +1

      You maybe using too small of a baking vessel for the volume of batter.
      Other things to consider:
      Are you baking in a cast iron skillet?
      Are you preheating the well oiled cast iron? The batter should make a slight sizzle when poured into the skillet.
      Corn kernels? As in well drained canned corn?
      Your batter maybe too thin (too much liquid) or over mixed. The batter should be rather thick. The ingredients should be well combined but not over mixed, you will have some lumps.
      After mixing, allow batter to rest in the bowl for at least 15 minutes.
      Hope any of this helps. Best of luck!

  • @cynthiachavis9678
    @cynthiachavis9678 Před 2 lety

    I rem flako

  • @ryankc3631
    @ryankc3631 Před 11 měsíci

    Do not!
    1. Jiffy
    2. Sugar
    3. Flour
    If you want cake, make cake.

  • @jeffsmith6295
    @jeffsmith6295 Před měsícem +1

    In the South, we call it cornbread DRESSING, not STUFFING.

  • @phyllisdicks9830
    @phyllisdicks9830 Před 2 lety +1

    My southern mom NEVER put sugar in her cornbread. Never. I never had sweet cornbread until I went to NYC when I was a teen. Gotta be a Yankee thing. Yuck. Nasty.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston Před 2 lety +1

      Like sugar on grits. FEH!

    • @phyllisdicks9830
      @phyllisdicks9830 Před 2 lety

      @@5610winston True that.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety

      No it's southern too. And it’s delicious.

    • @phyllisdicks9830
      @phyllisdicks9830 Před 2 lety

      @@kred6282 That's a matter of opinion. I hate sweet cornbread. Always have, always will.

    • @kred6282
      @kred6282 Před 2 lety +1

      @@phyllisdicks9830Your comment was a matter of opinion and I good you mine. It is not a northern thing. Now, THAT is fact!! And I haend tasteless (plain/regular) cornbread...always have and always will.

  • @janerosenbaum5742
    @janerosenbaum5742 Před 11 měsíci

    Voice is so grating and unpleasant.

  • @jayjackson9250
    @jayjackson9250 Před 2 lety

    Another example of food gentrification and trying to rewrite history. Cringe, Cringe

  • @tinatinnet8751
    @tinatinnet8751 Před 9 měsíci

    What really matters is what people prefer we all have diff oppinions I prefer yellow cornbread my husband likes white cornbread in a skillet

  • @tinatinnet8751
    @tinatinnet8751 Před 9 měsíci +1

    @tomrowbards7753 wronggggggg it is white not yellow all of my family’s in the south