
Ok, just for Hobbie and maybe some others who like cornbread done this way, I'll post it here. Iffin ya don't cotton to the sweetness, keep makin' it your way and I'll do mine
Decades ago, in south FLA, my friend, an older deep southern black lady, called Lula May, handed this down to me. Over time, I improvised it a bit and came up with a unique way that I like best. I don't recall anyone yet who has tried it and not liked it. But then again, they like a sweeter cornbread to begin with.
This can be doubled , of course, to make as much as desired. Some things I don't measure, after so long of doing this. I'll estimate as best I can.
1 cup flour, any type. A good pancake mix works great too. Oven; 425
1 cup good quality cornmeal
1/4 cup brown sugar ( option, agave nectar blends perfectly instead of sugar, too)
4 teasp. baking powdah
3/4 teasp. salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk (even eggnog works )
Dash of real vanilla extract
Little bit Blackstrap Molasses ...maybe 1/4 cup
1/4 cup oil (olive, coconut ,etc)
Mix wet ingredients , stir in dry. * I mix the brown sugar in the wet ingredients, not the dry. Blends bettah that way. Agave nectar works great in place of sugar, for those who don't want the sugar spike blood count
Fold into the oiled baking pan of your choice
Bake 425 , 20-25 minutes. Check for toasty brown on top, test with fork to make sure.
Option ; coat the top with real buttah , let rest and serve.
The only other cornmeal dish I love is deep south hush puppies. Simmered in the pan after cooking a mess of bream or catfish...
There ya go, Marine !