Okie Cornbread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Stir in beaten eggs, butter, & milk.
• Add enough additional butter or oil to cover the bottom of a 9 or 10 inch cast iron skillet and place pan in hot oven.
• When the pan is very hot, remove from the oven & pour the cornbread batter into the skillet.
• Return to oven & bake approximately 15 minutes until browned.
• Cut into wedges to serve.

Steps:

• Warm bacon grease in cast iron pan or skillet in oven at 400 degrees.
• While grease is warming, mix dry ingredients.
• Add egg and enough milk to make with consistency.
• Remove pan from oven and drain grease into mixture.
• Mix well and add back to pan.
• Cook for approx 30 min or until toothpick comes out of center clean.
• Bread will be nicely browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, anise seeds, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in whole egg and zest. Reduce speed to low, and beat in flour mixture.
• Press dough into an even 1/4-inch thickness on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with egg wash; sprinkle with almonds and remaining tablespoon sugar. Bake until golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Break into pieces.

Steps:

• Cover pinto beans with water in a large bowl. Soak beans for 4 hours, changing water every 30 to 45 minutes. Drain.
• Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Add pinto beans, ham hock, and kosher salt to the pot. Pour in more water if needed to cover ingredients by at least 1 inch.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans are just tender, 2 to 3 hours.
• Remove ham hock from beans; cut meat from the bone, chop the ham, and return to pot.
• Stir tomato sauce and brown sugar into the beans. Continue to simmer until beans are tender and flavors are blended, about 1 more hour.

Steps:

• Put beans, onions, shank in a 3 quart dutch oven.
• Add water. More or less to taste.
• Add salt and hot sauce.
• Cover and place in a preheated 250 oven for 8 hours.
• Check after 4 hours and add water if needed.
• When ready to serve, take out ham shanks and remove bones.
• Shred meat with 2 forks and add back to beans.
• Serve with cornbread or homemade biscuits and fried taters.

Steps:

• Brown hamburger, garlic, salt, black pepper, and oregano in a Dutch oven over medium heat; drain.
• Return meat to pot.
• Add Worcestershire sauce, potatoes, onions, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, corn, peas and tomato sauce.
• Stir to combine.
• Over medium-high heat bring to a slight boil; reduce heat to low; cover.
• Continue simmering stew, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes.
• This stew can easily be tweaked to your family's tastes. I have added cabbage, okra, zucchini and various spices.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round cake pan with the cooking spray.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the butter over low heat until melted.
• In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, milk and egg with a fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once; stir just until the flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Pour batter into the pan; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl. Spread batter evenly in pan and smooth top of batter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.