Spoon bread. My great-grandmother first made it in her one-room log cabin over an open fire! This recipe is still a family favorite as a side dish with pork and fresh vegetables. Spoon bread is a Southern dish similar to cornbread, but it's more like a soufflé; many liken it in texture to the British Yorkshire pudding.
You can have Spoon bread using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Spoon bread
- It’s 1 cups of cornmeal.
- Prepare 2 cups of milk.
- Prepare 2 of eggs separated whites and yolks beaten.
- Prepare 1/4 cups of melted butter.
- You need 2 teaspoons of sugar.
- Prepare 21/2 teaspoons of baking powder.
- Prepare 1 teaspoons of salt.
Kentucky Spoon Bread This is a traditional Kentucky recipe. It's a popular side dish served all year long. If you've never tried spoon bread before, I think you'll find it's tasty and comforting. Made this spoon bread with taco soup and doubled the recipe my family loved it!!
Spoon bread instructions
Bring milk to a boil.
Add salt and slowly add cornmeal stirring constantly.
Cook to a soft mush.
Cool.
Add egg yolks butter baking powder.
Fold in egg whites.
Bake in a buttered dish at 375 for 30 minutes.
Serve hot.
Taste just like my mother use to make. I didn't wait for milk and cornmeal to cool but tempered eggs into mixture and preheated pan in oven with tbsp of butter as another reviewer suggested. Buttermilk Spoon Bread is a nice cross between a skillet of hot cornbread, a cornmeal soufflé, and cornbread dressing. This versatile side dish is a welcome addition to the menu any time of the year and is especially delicious when served alongside holiday favorites such as Green Bean Casserole and Sweet Potato Casserole. The texture of spoon bread is like a cross between a classic cornbread and a savory Yorkshire pudding.
