{"id":7988,"date":"2020-06-15T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?p=7988"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:45:20","slug":"corn-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/2020\/06\/15\/corn-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Corn bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Plate 1.<\/span> War Eagle Cornbread, May 11, 2009.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Corn bread<\/h1>\n

by Joshua Heston<\/h2>\n

You wouldn\u2019t think that a simple cake \u2014 and it is more of a cake than a bread \u2014 would garner so much attention. Or come in so many varieties.<\/p>\n

Cornbread does.<\/p>\n

A staple of not only the Ozarks but rural America of a generation ago, cornbread is part of our cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s true Southern cornbread, scarce on sugar and baked in an iron skillet, well-seasoned with bacon grease.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s Yankee cornbread, heavy with eggs, butter, cream and often, copious amounts of sugar. Truly a cake if there ever was one! Recipe is below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s cornbread crumbled in a tall glass of cold milk as the evening meal after a hot summer day.<\/p>\n

Fresh, hot cornbread, topped with butter and a generous helping of sorghum molasses.<\/p>\n

Or cornbread smothered in ham and beans on a cold, January night.<\/p>\n

War Eagle cornbread is an excellent example of the Southern version.<\/p>\n

The recipe calls for just a small amount of honey for sweeten\u2019 and bacon fat (or shortening).<\/p>\n

Use bacon fat and a cook the cornbread in a cast-iron skillet. The difference is worth it.<\/p>\n

Also make sure you have plenty of real butter and some good sorghum on hand when you get it out of the oven.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be tastin\u2019 a very fine bit of history.<\/p>\n

May 18, 2009<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Arkansas Corn Bread<\/h1>\n

(Pictured Above)<\/h2>\n
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  • 1 1\/2 cups stone buhr ground yellow or white cornmeal<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 cup white flour<\/li>\n
  • 2 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon honey<\/li>\n
  • 1 1\/2 cups sweet milk<\/li>\n
  • 1 egg<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon bacon fat or shortening<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Melt fat in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet while preheating oven to 375\u00b0F. In medium size bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in milk, egg, and honey. Pour into hot skillet.<\/p>\n

    Bake for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n

    * stone buhr ground yellow or white cornmeal recommended<\/p>\n

    \u2014 page 25, Arkansas Celebration Cookbook<\/span> by Zoe Medlin Caywood, 1986-90, War Eagle Publishing<\/p>\n

    Many thanks to the staff of War Eagle Mill, Rogers, Arkansas, for their gracious permission to reprint this recipe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    War Eagle Mill is a fully working grist mill on the War Eagle River. It is also home to a fall craft fair of extraordinary proportions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    Yankee Corn Bread<\/h1>\n

    from Joshua Heston<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • 1 cup cornmeal<\/li>\n
    • 1 cup wheat flour<\/li>\n
    • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n
    • 1 cup sour milk*<\/li>\n
    • 1 egg<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F. Combine dry ingredients and cream with butter. Add milk and egg, mixing well.<\/p>\n

      Pour into a well-greased bread pan, bake for approximately 35 minutes or until center crust cracks open and browns and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.<\/p>\n

      * or 1 cup whole milk with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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