From Soul Food · 1997 · Reconstructed
Skillet Cornbread
Serve when
Serve it hot from the cast iron, split and buttered — the bread that mops up everything else on the Sunday plate.
In the movie
Theatrical
- 00:17:44 Part of every Sunday spread at Big Mama's — golden cornbread on the table with the chicken and greens, the dependable corner of a forty-year tradition.
Cornbread is the quiet workhorse of the spread — never the star, always missed first. Ahmad's narration makes the point the pan proves: soul food is about cooking with what you have and putting your feelings into it.
Ingredients
Method
- Set a cast-iron skillet with the butter in a 425°F oven while you mix.
- Whisk the dry ingredients; beat in the eggs and buttermilk.
- Pour the sizzling fat from the skillet into the batter, stir once, then pour the batter back into the hot skillet — that's the crackling crust.
- Bake 20–25 minutes until golden and pulling from the edges.
- Cut in wedges at the table, butter while hot.
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