Corn Sticks

From: Southern Living

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 11-oz can sweet whole kernel corn, drained
2 tbsp minced red bell pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 egg whites
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Combine first 7 ingredients; make a well in the center. Stir together milk and next three ingredients. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.

Heat cast-iron corn stick pans in 450 degree oven 5 minutes or until hot. Remove pans from oven and coat with cooking spray. Spoon batter into hot pans. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and cool slightly on wire racks.

What I did differently from the recipe:
I used one egg instead of the egg substitute/egg white mixture. And obviously I don't have a "corn stick pan" since I've never even heard of that. I simply substituted my faithful old cast-iron skillet. Worked perfectly.

What I'll do differently next time:
Nothing.

Verdict:
Thumbs up, although I'm the only one in my family who would eat these. Stephen doesn't like cornbread at all (although he tried it and said it wasn't bad), and my kids were too busy chowing down on the barbecue chicken I made to even taste this. I loved the sweetness and tangy flavor from the corn and bell pepper, but with the "comfort food" feeling of cornbread. Easy recipe, will make this again in the future!

Corn Sticks

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 11-oz can sweet whole kernel corn, drained
2 tbsp minced red bell pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 egg whites
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Combine first 7 ingredients; make a well in the center. Stir together milk and next three ingredients. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.

Heat cast-iron corn stick pans in 450 degree oven 5 minutes or until hot. Remove pans from oven and coat with cooking spray. Spoon batter into hot pans. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and cool slightly on wire racks.

Corn Bread

Ingredients:
2 cups corn meal
1 cup flour
1 Tbsp sugar
milk
4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp salt

Combine dry ingredients; add egg and enough milk to make a thin batter. Pour in hot, well greased bread pans. Bake until brown in oven.

Verdict:
The only thing I did differently was halve this recipe. I used to make this recipe all the time when we first got married and I haven't made it in years. It's a great, simple, quick cornbread recipe. It's not dry, which is my main issue with cornbread. I think I probably use around 3/4 cup of milk, but I honestly just pour it until the batter is thin. I cook it on 400 degrees for 20 minutes and it's perfect. And I cook it in 8" cake pans. Try it, I think you'll like this recipe!