Carla Hall’s Skillet Cornbread

Name: Carla Hall’s Skillet Cornbread
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2½ cups fine white stone-ground cornmeal; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1½ teaspoons salt; 3 large eggs; 1¾ cups buttermilk; 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar; 3 tablespoons rendered bacon fat or lard

4 steps

Cook:25min

Skillet Cornbread Recipe from Carla Hall’s book “Soul Food Everyday and Celebration”

Updated at: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:59:59 GMT

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Ingredients

12 servings

2 ½ cupswhite stone ground cornmeal

fine -

1 tablespoonbaking powder

1 ½ teaspoonssalt

3eggs

large

1 ¾ cupsbuttermilk

2 tablespoonsbrown sugar

packed

3 tablespoonsrendered bacon fat

or lard

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425°F.

Step 2

Whisk the cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the eggs, buttermilk, and brown sugar in another bowl until smooth. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Step 3

Heat the bacon fat in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet until liquid. Swirl it around to coat the bottom and sides of the skillet, then pour the rest into the batter. Whisk the batter until smooth, then pour into the hot skillet. Immediately transfer to the oven.

Step 4

Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.