Category: Corn Meal Recipes

RECIPE 1

You will need:
1 cup Self-Rising Corn Meal
1/2 cup Self-Rising Flour
2 Eggs
1 cup Milk
4 Tbsp. Shortening (melted)
1 Tbsp. Sugar (optional)

How to make it:
Preheat oven to 425° – preheat baking pan with butter or grease. Sift dry ingredients together. Combine egg, milk and shortening together in a bowl then add dry ingredients. Stir until mixed completely. Pour into hot bread/stick pan/muffin pan/or small cast iron skillet. Bake until golden brown – about 20 minutes.

RECIPE 2

You will need:
1 cup Plain Corn Meal
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 Egg
1 cup Buttermilk*
2 Tbsp. Shortening (melted)
1/2 tsp. Sugar (optional)

How to make it:
Preheat oven to 350° – preheat baking pan with butter or grease. Sift dry ingredients together. Add buttermilk, well beaten egg and shortening. Stir until mixed completely. Pour into well greased hot bread/stick pan/muffin pan/or small cast iron skillet. Bake until golden brown – about 25 minutes.

*Can be made with sweet milk but omit soda.

TOASTED CORN MUFFINS

Use the above recipe and simply split already cooked muffins – butter each side and toast in oven until delicately brown. Delicious for breakfast or other meals.

This is basically a moister cornbread, almost a cornbread pudding.

1 cup Self-Rising Corn Meal
3 Eggs (separated)
2 cups Milk
1 Tbsp. Shortening
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 cup Water

Preheat oven to 400°; place pan to be used in oven to preheat as well. Beat eggs yolks in a separate bowl. Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside. Scald milk and pour over meal. Add cold water. Add sugar and shortening and beaten egg yolks. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into a well greased, hot, 1 quart baking dish. Bake 40 minutes at 400°.

Dixie Lily Mexican Corn Bread Recipe With Self-Rising Yellow Cornmeal

1 cup Dixie Lily Self-Rising Yellow Cornmeal

1 cup grated cheese

2 eggs

1/3 cup oil

1 cup cream style corn

¼ cup diced jalapenos

1 cup sour cream

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and place greased cast iron skillet in oven to heat. Mix all ingredients together, pour batter into hot skillet and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Dixie Lily Mexican Corn Bread With Plain Yellow Cornmeal

1 cup Dixie Lily Plain Yellow Cornmeal

1 cup grated cheese

2 eggs

1/3 cup oil

1 cup cream style corn

¼ cup diced jalapenos

1 cup sour cream

2 tsp baking powder

1/3 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and place greased cast iron skillet in oven to heat. Mix all ingredients together, pour batter into hot skillet and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

1 cup Dixie Lily Self-Rising Corn Meal
1/2 cup cold Milk (may use water)
2 Tbsp. melted Shortening
*May add 1 egg for a fluffier bread

Pones are an old Southern tradition of preparing corn meal in hand shaped ovals.

Preheat oven to 425°.

Place well greased cast iron skillet, pan or mold in oven while preparing mixture. Mix ingredients together thoroughly in a a bowl to a consistency that can be shaped with hands if preparing Pones.

Cook for 25 minutes until brown. Serve hot.

ARNETT’s Method

Using the same ingredients above add more milk or water to create a soupy mixture. Pour a thin layer into a well greased hot frying pan on the stove. Allow to brown and turn over.

BUTTER BITE HOE CAKES

1 cup Dixie Lily Self-Rising Corn Meal
1-1/2 cups boiling water

Combine corn meal and boiling water in bowl; stir to blend. In large skillet, heat 1/4-inch chortening over medium low heat until a drop of water sizzles when dropped in skillet. Spoon batter, by tablespoonfuls into hot skillet. Fry until golden brown each side; turn once. Serve hot with butter.

Makes about 10 hoe cakes.

1 cup Self-Rising Corn Meal
1 Egg
1-1/2 cups Buttermilk
1 Tbsp. Shortening
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 cup Self-Rising Flour
2 tsp. Water

Sift dry ingredients together. Add well beaten egg and buttermilk for a batter the consistency of cream. Bake on well greased griddle, turning cakes when batter begins to bubble. Serve hot with butter or syrup.