Monday, January 28, 2013

Recipe Review: Cornbread

On Friday, we had a potluck at work.  Not sure how I got away with this [maybe it was because I had to work a super long day that day - more about that later], but I was charged with only making cornbread - score!

Now let's be honest, when Mike and I make cornbread, we exclusively use Jiffy.  It's SO good!  [Have you tried Jiffy's apple cinnamon muffins?? Even better!]  However, I figured that since this was my only task, and my other coworkers were making things like lentil soup, chili, kielbasa and sauerkraut, and desserts, I would put a bit more effort in than adding an egg and milk to a big mix.


I decided to try Brown Eyed Baker's cornbread recipe.  I was so excited when I saw it, because I would get to use my new food processor!

It seemed like your typical cornbread recipe to me.  I only made 2 small changes.  When I was little, my mom always told me that cornbread wasn't necessarily supposed to be sweet, so when she made it, she always added a bit of sugar.  So, for that reason, I upped the brown sugar to 1/3 cup and added 2 teaspoons of regular sugar to the dry mix.

All in all, I would say that the cornbread turned out okay.  The consistency and texture were great.  I really liked the small bits of corn left from the frozen corn, and it was very moist.  As for the taste, on it's own, I thought it tasted more like a shortcake or biscuit than cornbread.  Even with frozen corn and corn meal, it just didn't really have that corn taste.  Next time I make it, I think I might try strained canned corn instead.  It won't be as healthy, but I think it will taste better.  I was so disappointed, since this was my only responsibility, that I also made Jiffy muffins at 10:30 that night to prove I wasn't trying to slack off.  Surprisingly, when I ate the cornbread [with a little butter on top] with the chili, it did taste good because I think the chili really added that extra kick of flavor.  All in all, if you are making it to go with something else, it is a good bread to make, but on it's own, I would try something else.







Now as you can see, it's not like my corn bread was that important.  There was so much food!

On another note: Happy 60th Birthday to my momma!

6 comments:

Kelly said...

I love Jiffy muffins! They are so yummy and super easy to make. Happy birthday to your momma, what a cute pic!

Jen said...

Happy Birthday to your Mom!!! :) You can never go wrong with cornbread especially with butter and maple syrup, yum! :)

Anonymous said...

Ahhh Jiffy :) always perfect! I'm sorry these didn't work out for you. Corn bread is difficult, I'm not sure why but I had to do a few different recipes before I found one that was acceptable to me. Happy Birthday to your Mom! :)

Angi said...

Looks good, minus the corn kernels...I'm clearly not a southerner, because I had never even HEARD of corn kernels in cornbread until recently..and it still sounds...annoying. To have little chunks in my cornbread. Haha.

Unknown said...

Looks yummy

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Unknown said...

Have you ever had the corn bread at Sweet Tomatoes or Souplantation? I have been searching for a copycat recipe forever. (the one I have found online clearly was not it!) I do love the chunks of corn it. I will have to try this one and see if it is close!

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