I just had a serious cornbread craving, and was out of vegetable oil.

So I fried up some bacon for the fat then put the bacon into the cornbread.

around 1-1/4 cup self rising cornmeal
around 2/3 cup of milk (enough to make it look like pancake batter, cornbread isn't an exact science)
2-4 slices of bacon (I just used 2 and it was good, I assume 4 would be awesome)
1 egg
chopped onions, cheese, and texas pete optional
Cast iron skillet

Preheat the oven to 425
cut the bacon slices in half and put the in the skillet, fry
Mix cornmeal, eggs, and milk (plus onions cheese and pete)
When the bacon is done, take it out and chop it, put it in the mix also.
Pour about half the bacon grease into the mix and stir, leave the other half in the skillet. Then pour the batter in. Hear the wonderfully delicious sizzle
Bake for ~ 25 min or until the top is golden

3/26/2010 3:35:56 AM

I already made this thread.

3/26/2010 3:38:14 AM

That sounds totally delicious.

3/26/2010 3:39:21 AM

That's what I need is an excuse to eat more bacon.

3/26/2010 3:39:54 AM

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"Here it is (from Better Homes and Gardens cookbook): # 1 cup all-purpose flour # 3/4 cup cornmeal # 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar # 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder # 3/4 teaspoon salt # 1 tablespoon butter # 2 eggs, beaten # 1 cup milk # 1/4 cup cooking oil or melted butter I added a can of white and yellow corn, cooked 5 slices of bacon on a sheet pan at 425 degrees, chopped it up and stirred it in the batter and used the remaining fat instead of the oil. Also added a teaspoon of crushed red pepper which I ground up with a mortar and pestil, and sauteed a little onion in butter and added that as well as a cup of shredded sharp cheddar."

[Edited on March 26, 2010 at 3:45 AM. Reason : cheddar]

3/26/2010 3:44:24 AM

Your recipe is way more complicated

Plus it has sugar, adding bacon doesn't excuse gross northern style cornbread

3/26/2010 3:46:57 AM

Northern-style cornbread? Lol

Remember I actually ATE the cornbread in my recipe and it received rave reviews my good man

Complicated? Another lol

3/26/2010 3:49:40 AM

Sugar? GTFO of excellent cornbread thread.

Unless it's not "sweet" at all.

I fucking hate sweet cornbread.

3/26/2010 3:54:31 AM

Equal parts flour and cornmeal plus sugar normally means northern style cornbread.

And I don't know what's to lol about yours being more complicated, it seems pretty clear cut

Your dry ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cornmeal
2 to 3 tablespoons sugar
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt

My dry ingredients:
around 1-1/4 cup self rising cornmeal

Your flavoring: red pepper crushed with a mortar and pestle
Mine: texas pete

You sauteed onions in butter
I chopped onions and threw them into the batter

Also, perhaps you cooked it this way, but you left out the most important part of real southern cornbread: the hot greased cast iron skillet


I have no doubt yours would be good (better without the sugar) but if you just want some bacon cornbread without making a big production out of it, the OP is the right way to go.

3/26/2010 4:02:48 AM

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"Your dry ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup cornmeal 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt My dry ingredients: around 1-1/4 cup self rising cornmeal"

The only difference between these two really is you paid more for self rising while he made his own. Other than that I agree with you.

3/26/2010 5:37:13 AM

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"I just had a serious cornbread craving, and was out of vegetable oil."

Lots of straight guys talk like this!

3/26/2010 7:19:08 AM

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"I fucking hate sweet cornbread."

3/26/2010 8:46:33 AM

holy shit this sounds awesome!

3/26/2010 11:18:57 AM

It is indeed awesome.

3/26/2010 1:34:03 PM