Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2012

As long as I can remember, 50+ years, the women and men in my family have used this recipe. My husband likes olive oil. You can use it instead of the oil and butter. Works just the same. By the way, if you heat the skillet on the stove top you can sprinkle in some extra cornmeal, wait until it starts to get dark brown, then pour in the batter. The hotter the skillet the darker the crust!!! Gives that glass of sweet milk and cornbread just a little something extra.

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Danna

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Greenbank, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2012

This was really dense. The flavor was okay though. I'll probably try a recipe with flour next time because I would have liked something that's fluffier.

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twright5

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

okay, better with honey

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Maryalice

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

This is classic southern cornbread and if that is what you are looking for then this is it. Great recipe to make the cornnbread for dressing. But if you are eating it at the table, it does need salt. And you can add a few more flavor enhancers like corn or peppers. But don't use flour, sugar, or baking powder, just get another recipe for that type of cornbread. Also, I used crisco instead of oil.

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cook'n-n-dixie

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

This was a complete disappointment. It was dry, bland (I even added honey & kosher salt), thick, dense, and tasteless. There was no rise to it, and no crumble. Leaving this one off the "make again" list.

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RCHEISS

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA

Living In: Wickliffe, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

This recipe needs to be revised to correct which ingredient amount is wrong. The cornbread batter was extremely thick, and the cornbread didn't raise and was tasteless and dry.

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meme

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

Finally! A real cornbread recipe WITHOUT SUGAR!~! GREAT! Tastes like the old Texas cornbread my mother and grandmother made!

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Gail

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2011

I'm not from the south so maybe I'm missing something. I was trying to avoid sugary corn bread but I think this went too far the other way. It was flat, dense, bland and mealy. Maybe it's supposed to be that way but it wasn't to our taste at all.

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Lark

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2011

Very dense and bland flavor. The kids and husband said it was okay but I did not care for it at all. I would not make again.

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Penny

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2011

The review by ' Breadmaker was very informative, and useful,..... however he was wrong , or she was when they mentioned the lack of Salt and the "lonely farm wife" not being too poor to afford salt ... yep , we were in the hills of East Tn. , but we did eat well, with what we had ... Thanks "Breadmaker"!!.

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