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Ultimate Portion Fix/21 Day Fix: Southern Style Cornbread

4 simple ingredients, a hot oven and 30 minutes will give you a crispy pan of cornbread fit for a Southern table!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Bread, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1¾ cups self-rising cornmeal
  • 1 large egg
  • 1¼ cups 2% milk
  • ¼ cup light tasting olive oil

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 450°
    Place the castiron skillet in the oven while it is preheating.
  2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
  3. Take the skillet out of the oven and spray lightly with olive oil spray.
  4. Add mixture to hot skillet and put back in the oven.
  5. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Hushpuppy Cornbread
  1. Add 1/4 cup chopped onion and 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper for "hushpuppy" flavored cornbread. Cook as directed.

Jalapeno Cornbread
  1. Add 1/4 cup fresh jalapeno to the mix for a "hot" version. Cook as directed.

Ultimate Portion Fix/21 Day Fix Container Counts
  1. 1Y, 2 teaspoons oil

Notes

You can make these into 8 large muffins-cook for 13-15 minutes (1 per serving), 16 medium muffins-cook for 11-13 minutes (2 per serving) or 24 mini muffins cook for 10-12 minutes (3 per serving).