Extra Tasty Cornbread~Aunties Recipe

My kiddo does not like cornbread, never has and until this weekend said he never would. I was making a big pot of chili and when I told him I was making cornbread to go with it he said very sadly, 'well I guess all I'm eating is chili.' He changed his mind very quickly. I could not keep him out of it once he had a taste. He finished the last piece this morning with some strawberry jam on it.

What you need:

2 cups of self rising flour

1 cup of self rising cornmeal

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

1tsp of sugar

8 oz of sour cream

1 stick of butter

***I'm on weight watchers so I used light sour cream and 8 tbsp of Smart Balance spread in it, couldn't tell a difference, it was great.***

What you do:

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees, while it is his heating put your cast iron skillet in the oven so it heats up too.

Combine your dry ingredients and then cut your butter in the dry mix. I use my hands to mix it in, I just work it until the butter is in pea sized balls. Set this mix aside.

Beat the two eggs and sourcream together in another bowl, then add milk.

Slowly add your wet mixture to your dry mix. Stir it until just moistened.

Take your hot cast iron skillet from the oven, spray with non stick spray and pour the cornbread mixture in the skillet. Do you hear it sizzling? That's why you want the skillet hot. The crust is forming on the cornbread and it will be so perfect. Put it in the oven and bake for about 20-23mins or until golden brown on top and a knife comes out clean in the center.

This is so light and tasty. We enjoyed ours with chili, had some honey on it at one point and then ate the rest with strawberry jam.

Enjoy!

Johnny Appleseed Toast

This is another Kids in the Kitchen recipe and of course another apple themed recipe for apple month. The recipe is from 'Cooking with Kids Can Be Easy' and it has always been a winner around here.

What you need:

1 apple

Honey to drizzle

2 slices of cinnamon raisin bread

Butter to spread

Cinnamon to sprinkle


What you do:



Slice your apples thin and spread butter on your bread. You can use any kind of apple you like.



Place your apples on your buttered bread like so. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Place your bread slices on a baking sheet and toast them under your broiler for about 30 secs. Keep an eye on them!



Don't they look yummy? Believe me they taste yummy too!



Do you have a yummy apple recipe of your own posted to your blog? Link it up here!

Sally Lunn Bread, My Kitchen Smell's Heavenly!

It really does, right now. at this very moment. 9:20pm at night. my kitchen smells like bread heaven! Oh yes it does.

I don't have a picture yet because the bread maker has 10 mins left to go but I'm going to go ahead and post the recipe now, the picture will come later. Kiddo helped me put this bread in the bread maker, he loves to stand and watch the bread maker knead. Its like watching TV or something to him. But now he's tucked away in bed. My husband and I have been circling the bread maker like vultures and we are ready to dive in when it beeps.

Sally Lunn Bread - I got this recipe from my friend Lynn's Blog. www.punkaroonie.blogspot.com

What you need:

2 eggs plus enough water to equal 1 1/3 cups
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs sugar
1/3 cup unsalted butter softened
4 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast


What you do:

Dump all of the ingredients in your bread machine in the order the bread machine asks for. *I'm gonna be honest here, I just dump it all in as listed. Its never made a difference for me.

Set your machine to a White Bread Setting. This recipe makes a 2lb loaf but I don't have that setting on machine, I just set it to 1 1/2lb and it does fine.

Hit start and watch the magic unfold.
This is a seriously wonderful bread everyone. Even Kiddo agrees and like I've said before, he isn't much of a bread man.

Oh, I just heard the timer go off! Time to go slice the bread and slather a piece with butter. Yummy!

Easy Cornbread

My last post was about our All Veggie Dinner. With our dinner we had cornbread. I am a true southern girl and 'I love me some cornbread, pintos and kraut mmmm...mmmm...mmmm!' So good!

Here is my recipe for easy cornbread. It is also very good with a bit of honey drizzled on a slice, be sure to eat it warm though.



Easy Cornbread

1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. cornmeal
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. skim milk
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 egg, beaten

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 8 or 9 inch square pan. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, oil and egg until moistened. Pour into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Look good?



Believe me they are! I found this recipe on Jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com, the linked tag is over on the right.
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These are easy to make and easy to eat. I am not even a huge fan of bananas but even I put away a few of these.

What you need:

1 1/2 C flour
1 C sugar
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 egg
1/2 C Mayo
3 ripe bananas (I used ones that were starting to spot, a great way to use them up!)
1 C chocolate chips

What you do:

Mash your bananas up in a med. bowl then add 1 egg beaten

Add the mayo and mix for 30 secs. (You can use an electric mixer, or do it by hand. My electric mixer recently passed away and I haven't bought a new one yet.)

Mix your dry ingredients together in another bowl and then add to your banana mix.

Mix until moist then pour into your lined muffin tins, about 3/4 full.

Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips. :)

Bake at 375 for 20-25mins.

*Once everyone had tasted these yummy muffins I told them what the secret ingredient was, mayo. They were so shocked. But I believe the mayo is what made these as moist as they were.

Carrot Apple Raisin Muffins

I made this a few months back, they were a big hit and I need to make them again. I baked them on a Sunday and we enjoyed them for breakfast during the week.

2 c. whole wheat flour
3/4 c. granulated sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. grated carrot

1 apple, cored and chopped
1/2 c. raisins
(optional 1/3 c. reduced fat flaked coconut, nutrition IS included in calculations though)
3 eggs
1/3 c. canola oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract



Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin cups with paper liners.

Stir together first five ingredients in a large bowl, being sure to incorporate baking powder and salt evenly through the mixture. Add in the carrot, chopped apple, raisins and optional coconut, coating all the fruits and vegetables with flour mixture.

In a small bowl lightly beat together the egg, oil and vanilla. Pour egg mixture over flour and veggie-fruit mix in the large bowl and stir just until everything is moistened. It will be a very thick batter.

Scoop into paper lined muffin cups -- fill about seven-eighths full. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until done (tops are dry and don't spring back when touched). Cool on wire rack.

Makes about 18 regular size (2 1/2") muffins.

Number of Servings: 18

Healthy Chocolate Muffins

One 15 oz can of pumpkin
One box of devil's food mix
Makes 12 muffins

Set oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix ONLY the pumpkin and devil's food mix. Put nothing else in. Bake at 400 degrees for twenty minutes.
VERY yummy and healthy

These are very tasty! You cannot even tell there is pumpkin in the, believe me I am not a huge pumpkin fan so I wouldn't eat them if you could. Enjoy!