The Thanksgiving planner

Skillet cornbread

Crisp-edged, barely sweet, baked in a screaming hot cast-iron pan. Also the base for the cornbread dressing.

10 min hands-on35 min start to finishOven 425°F for 22 min · or bake it Wednesday and reheat 8 minTravels well
Vegetarian
Cooking for46810121620
Skillet cornbread

Photo: Zankopedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

When to make it

Bake it the morning of, or the day before and warm it for 8 minutes.

Add it to your plan and Chef puts these on the right days, and fits it into your oven on Thursday.

For 10

  • 1½ cupsyellow cornmeal medium grind
  • 1 cupall-purpose flour
  • 2 tbspsugar
  • 1 tbspbaking powder
  • ½ tspbaking soda
  • 1 tspkosher salt
  • 2 cupsbuttermilk
  • 2eggs
  • ¾ stick (6 tbsp)unsalted butter melted

How to make it

  1. Heat the pan

    Put a 10- or 12-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven and heat it to 425°F.

  2. Mix

    Whisk the dry ingredients in one bowl and the buttermilk and eggs in another. Pour 4 tbsp of the butter into the wet mix, then stir wet into dry just until there are no dry pockets.

  3. Bake

    Carefully take out the hot skillet, swirl in the last 2 tbsp butter and pour in the batter: it should sizzle. Bake 20 to 22 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.

Chef's notes

  • The hot pan is what makes the crisp crust. Don't skip it.

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