Made From Scratch Jalapeno Cornbread | Bring back the old and try baking your cornbread in a cast iron skillet.  What you will end up with is a moist on the inside and crispy on the outside cornbread.  Add an extra layer of flavor with chopped jalapeno peppers.  This Made From Scratch Jalapeno Cornbread and a big bowl of chili were meant for each other.

You many not think of cornbread as comfort food but it is for me.  The term “comfort food” means food that provides consolation or a feeling or well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other carbohydrate content and associated with childhood or home cooking.

That’s exactly what cornbread does for me.  Remind me of my childhood.  Growing up in a household where the mom is from Oklahoma and the dad is from Arkansas I ate a lot of beans, fried potatoes and cornbread.  To this day it’s still my favorite meal.  Just simple home cooking!

This cornbread is made from scratch (hence the title).  No boxed cornbread for this girl!  Add cornbread to a layered salad for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.  Click here to find out how—->>>>LAYERED CORN BREAD SALAD

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Jalapeno Cornbread

Yield: Serves 10 to 12

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

A moist on the inside and crispy on the outside cornbread.  Add an extra layer of flavor with chopped jalapeno peppers.

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Ingredients

• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 jalapenos, seeded and minced
• 1 ½ cups milk
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 3 large eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a 12-inch cast-iron skillet, place 1/4 cup butter.
3. Heat skillet in oven for 5 minutes or until butter is melted.
4. Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add cheese and jalapenos, stirring to combine.
6. Combine milk, 1/2 cup melted butter, and eggs.
7. Add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
8. Pour mixture into prepared skillet.
9. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
10. Cut into wedges.

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