Recipe Background
If you're counting your blessings, Abundant Blessings Cornbread should be right up there with your favorites! Layers of sunny, sweet, buttery cornbread sandwich a layer of spicy, melty pepper jack cheese... it's almost like a savory layer cake. The flavor is as abundant as your prosperity, and you can taste it! Abundant Blessings Cornbread makes the day one big blessing!
If you're counting your blessings, Abundant Blessings Cornbread should be right up there with your favorites! Layers of sunny, sweet, buttery cornbread sandwich a layer of spicy, melty pepper jack cheese... it's almost like a savory layer cake. The flavor is as abundant as your prosperity, and you can taste it! Abundant Blessings Cornbread makes the day one big blessing!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter melted, plus more for skillet
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 ounces pepper jack cheese cubed
- chives freshly chopped, for garnish
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Butter a 10- or 12-inch oven-safe skillet.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, the melted butter, the honey, and the eggs until combined.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, the cornmeal, the baking powder, and the salt.
- Pour the wet mixture over the dry mixture and stir until just combined.
- Spread half of the cornbread batter into the prepared skillet and scatter the pepper jack cheese over the batter in an even layer.
- Pour the remaining batter into the prepared skillet and spread it to cover the cheese.
- Bake until golden and cooked through, about 25-30 minutes.
- Let the cornbread cool for 5 minutes in the skillet, then garnish it with chives.
- Cut it into squares and serve.
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