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Cast Iron Cornbread

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups cornmeal

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour

  • ¼ cup sugar

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • 1⅓ cups buttermilk

  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

  • 8 tablespoon butter unsalted, melted

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F and place a large cast iron skillet inside to heat it while you make the batter.

  2. In a large bowl whisk the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl whisk the buttermilk, eggs and melted butter, reserve 1 tbsp of butter, this will be used to grease the skillet.

  3. Carefully remove the skillet from the oven then reduce the oven temperature to 375°F.

  4. Coat the skillet with the reserved 1 tbsp of butter. Pour the batter in the skillet and place it in the oven. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until firm. Cool for 15 minutes before serving with butter and honey.