Skillet Cornbread

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter, cold or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 1 (8 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit. grease 10-inch skillet with oven-safe handle.
• 2 in a a large bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and black pepper. with a pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in margarine or butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. with fork, stir cream-style corn, egg, and cheese into flour mixture just until blended (batter will be very stiff).
• 3 place greased skillet in oven; preheat pan 5 minutes (to help brown bottom of cornbread). remove pan from oven; spoon batter into skillet and spread evenly with small metal spatula.
• 4 bake cornbread 15 to 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean and corn bread is firm to the touch. cut into 8 wedges and serve warm.