This was really good and quick to make. I heated the oil in the skillet right in the oven while it pre-heated. Love the crust on the bread from the hot skillet. FYI: if you don't have self-rising cornmeal, add 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt to one cup of cornmeal.

Okay, here's a revelation for everyone out there: not all southerners agree on the way cornbread should taste! Probably the only true constants are a pre-heated iron skillet, and I would say lard (Crisco) instead of butter, but maybe that's just me. This recipe is, hands down, the best one I've tried in a long time. I have to qualify that by saying that I made it with sorghum syrup and I don't think it would have worked as well with honey. The tang of the sorghum, combined with the sour buttermilk was what made it really work for me. I do think cornbread can be too sweet (or too eggy or too cakey), but I've never tried it with sorghum before -- perfect!!! Also, I doubled the recipe for my 10" skillet because cornbread goes really fast at my house and I needed each slice to be pretty hefty. Finally, I'm not a big fan of sprinkling the cornmeal in the hot skillet -- if you're skillet is hot enough (okay, I also made this at 425 instead of the suggested 400), I don't think you really need it, and it can cake up if you're not careful. Having said all that, this will be the only recipe I use from now on.

This is definitely a terrific cornbread recipe. It was a snap to make, and tasted wonderful. I usually add a bit more sugar to my batter, but that's personal taste. I couldn't find the molasses that were originally called for, but will try to make again with that ingredient, should I find it. Thanks for the recipe!

Awesome! I added a bit more honey -- tasted great!!

I doubled the recipe and used a 10-inch skillet and it turned out great!

Tried the sorghum molasses as the author suggested. Not only turned the cornbread dark, but gave it a most unusual flavor. Not of the usual cornbread lovers in my house cared for it. 4 whole slices & 3 half-eaten were thrown out.

This is the best cornbread I have ever eaten. My boyfriend asked me to make extra so that he could eat it during the week.

I will give this a decent rating, because it was a good texture and went together easily. However, the flavor of the cornbread wasn't something anyone in my family was really thrilled with. We prefer the sweet cornbread, and this was not sweet! I doubled the recipe, and baked it in cast iron corn stick molds, it was too much. Following the recipe as is would have been plenty for the 4 of us!

This is the best cornbread that I have ever tasted...the honey just adds a special touch...I used a small cast iron skillet but if you want to feed more than 2 double the recipe by all means...I have made this 3 times in the past week...a keeper...

The taste of this cornbread is great. My entire family loved it. But I question the amounts. I used a 6 x 9 pyrex dish and the finished bread was thin, only 1 1/2" thick. I will double the recipe next time to fill a 9" round cake pan.