2-Ingredient Breads · Number 3

Skillet Cornbread

  • Two ingredients
  • 30 min
A wedge of cornbread lifted on a spatula to show its underside, a deep, even, crisp brown crust with a lacy fried edge where it met the iron
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You need

Good to know: Grease for the pan and a little flour for your hands are free.

What to do

  1. Oven 400°F.
  2. Grease an 8-inch skillet and heat it in the oven 7-8 min.
  3. Stir the mix and milk just until smooth, pour into the hot skillet and bake 16-20 min, until golden brown.
  4. Turn it out and cut into wedges.
  5. Best warm, the day you bake it.

Adapted from a recipe by Martha White.

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