Add a photo

Pap Walters' Cornbread

"My father-in-law had the best, most moist cornbread I have ever tasted. He said he had a secret ingredient that he used and wouldn't tell anybody until a few weeks before he passed away. Serve with lots of butter."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (3)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
30 Min

Servings  (Help)

Calculate

 

Original Recipe Yield 6 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups self-rising cornmeal
  • 1/4 cup bacon fat, melted
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
  • 1 cup cottage cheese

Directions

  1. Place a 9-inch cast iron skillet into oven, and preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  2. Mix the cornmeal, bacon fat, salt, eggs, buttermilk, and cottage cheese together in a bowl. With an oven mitt, remove the hot skillet from the oven, and spray it with cooking spray. Pour the corn bread batter into the hot skillet.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the corn bread is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Check after 10 minutes. Serve sliced in wedges.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 381 | Total Fat: 15.6g | Cholesterol: 88mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

ADVERTISEMENT

   

The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 17, 2010 by RMSR   view full review
I made my own self-rising cornmeal based on the ingredients given on a food substitution...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 21, 2010 by paul kelley   view full review
Borderline fantastic! Thanks Pap for reavealing your secret.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 24, 2010 by recipelover   view full review
Anything with bacon fat must be yummy. Delish!

 

recipe box See something worth saving?
Register now to save all your favorites in your Recipe Box.

Sign up for FREE Now!

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Videos

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

See how to make buttermilk cornbread just like grandma made.

Golden Sweet Cornbread

See how to make sweet, golden-delicious cornbread.

Brown Butter Pineapple Corn Muffins

See how to make amazing cornbread muffins.

 
Select Your Version:  Argentina  |  Australia & New Zealand  |  Brazil  |  Canada  |  China  |  France  |  Germany  |  India  |  Japan  |  Korea  |  Mexico  |  Netherlands  |  Poland

Quebec  |  Russia  |  SE Asia  |  United Kingdom & Ireland  |  United States