Sometimes I am a lazy cook. I am not very good at planning ahead meals, although I am trying to work on this. I enjoy cornbread but find that I do not make it very often because it seems like too much work to mix up the batter and get it in the oven while I am making the rest of the supper, which is often being done at the last minute. So, not that I enjoy baring my faults with the world, but this is an area that has been an impetus for me to look for shortcuts without always going to a box (although I do that with cakes and brownies at times). I have come across a lot of bulk mixes on blogs like Chickens in the Road and Country Momma Cooks, which made me decide to get out the recipes I love and make up some of my own bulk mixes. Then when I am running short on time (which is most of the time), I can just pull out the container, add the wet ingredients and it is ready for the oven in a jiffy!
I love a lot of different cornbread recipes, but the one that really caught my taste buds was from Land-O-Lakes, called Honey Moist Cornbread. You can see the original recipe at the link attached to the title. I have not really changed the recipe much- I usually use low fat milk in place of half and half and it still comes out wonderful. If you like a VERY sweet cornbread, you might want to add a little more sugar, but try it first this way since it has a nice balance of sweetness already.
This bulk mix makes 6 recipes. The following is the information I put into a label to put on the outside of the container so I would not have to get out my recipe every time I make some.
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Cornbread
Mix
9 servings
In a
large bowl, mix 1 cup milk or half and half, 2 slightly beaten eggs, ¼ cup
honey and ¼ cup melted butter. Stir in 2 1/3 cups of cornbread mix just until
moistened.
Pour into greased 8 or 9” pan. Bake at 350
for 18-22 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
For the bulk mix recipe:
- 6 cups all purpose flour
- 6 cups yellow or white cornmeal
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 6 Tbsp baking powder
- 3 tsp salt
- 6 Tbsp dry milk powder (optional)
Stir all ingredients together until well blended in a LARGE bowl or clean bucket. Transfer to a seal-tight storage container.
Hey, this was something I was searching for ....thanks for sharing.
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