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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Cooking with Dave - Corn Bread

The theme for Frugal Kitchens 101 this month has been bread. I've heard so many people say they use a mix for making cornbread. If you look at the ingredients there is under 50¢ total in the mix yet you are paying $2 or more! So each time you make cornbread you could be saving at least $1.50. If you want the convenience of a mix, mix all the dry ingredients together and store in a mason jar. Then when you want to make cornbread use your homemade mix and add the wet ingredients. I'm not planning on making cornbread in the next few days so found this video to show you how easy it is to make. I wrote out Dave's cornbread recipe for you. Following his recipe is the recipe I use.



Dave's Cornbread

1 c self rising flour
¼ c sugar
1 c cornmeal
⅓ vegetable oil
1 c milk

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly butter cast iron corn bread baking pans. Heat the pans before filling with batter to prevent sticking. Combine the ingredients. Pour into heated baking pans. Bake at 400ºF for 25 minutes.

Corn Bread
source: Betty Crocker's Cookbook (old copy date missing). Pp. 49 with modifications by me (Garden Gnome)

1 c yellow cornmeal
1 c unbleached flour
2 tbsp organic sugar
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp sea salt
1 c milk
¼ c shortening
1 egg

Pre-heat oven to 425ºF. Grease 8x8x2 baking pan. Place ingredients in KitchenAid® stand mixer bowl. Mix well. Increase speed to 3 for 1 minute. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:18 AM

    baking bread is one of those skills I've always thought about cultivating... though using a bread maker might not require much "skill." your recent tasty looking bread posts has me thinking that maybe I'll give it a go during winter break!

    cheers!

    scotty @ run-a-bout!

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  2. Garden Gnome12:54 PM

    Hi and thanks for visiting :) Actually using a breadmachine requires a bit more skill than you would think and that is because the manufacturer's want you to think this way. Even when using a breadmachine you should never put the full amount of flour in all at once. What you should do is reserve at least 1/2 c of flour and use that to adjust the dough depending on the humidity levels that day. As the machine is mixing keep an eye on the dough and add in just enough of the reserve flour until the dough cleans the sides.

    I hope you enjoy learning to make breads.

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