{"id":3033,"slug":"skillet-cornbread","title":"Skillet Cornbread","description":"Commonly found in the Southern United States, skillet cornbread is delicious, easy to make, and often served beside a pot of brown beans. It can be made a day or two ahead of time, as long as care is taken to keep it from drying out.","ingredients_raw":["¾ cup white all-purpose flour","2 ½ tsp baking powder","1–2 tbsp white sugar","¾ tsp salt","1 ¼ cups yellow or white cornmeal","1 egg","2–3 tbsp melted butter or pan drippings","1 cup milk or buttermilk"],"ingredients_norm":["white all purpose flour","baking powder","white sugar","salt","yellow or white cornmeal","egg","butter or pan dripping","milk or buttermilk"],"steps":["Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C)","Grease the skillet with bacon drippings (ideal) or oil. Butter isn't recommended, since it can burn when you preheat the skillet.","Preheat the skillet until the drippings/oil is smoking. This ensures a good crust on the bottom of the cornbread.","In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Thoroughly mix the sifted ingredients together and add the corn meal.","In a second bowl, beat the egg well. Add the melted butter (or pan drippings) and the milk and continue to beat until well mixed.","Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix using fast strokes. Take care not to overmix.","Pour the batter into the skillet and place in the oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes. The cornbread should have a golden brown color when done, and a knitting needle or knife-point will come out \"dry\" when inserted in the bread."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for cornbread","Baking recipes","Southern U.S. recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using butter","Recipes using buttermilk","Recipes using cornmeal","Recipes using salt","Recipes using egg","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using cow milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":45,"servings":"Varies","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Skillet_Cornbread","source_ref":"4525182","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Skillet_Cornbread&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"ea721866411362a3e1544b8a62a02ecb2f65cec4be6486f8e3c9168ec151f2ba","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:21Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/skillet-cornbread"}