Mary's Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This Southern cornbread is moist and buttery with sour cream, buttermilk, and creamed corn; baked in a cast iron skillet for crispy edges.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 (14 ounce) can cream-style corn
1 1/2 cups self-rising yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red chile pepper, or to taste
1 tablespoon butter, or to taste

Directions

1 Pour vegetable oil in a cast iron skillet; place in the oven. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2 Mix cream-style corn, cornmeal, buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, eggs, salt, and red chile pepper together in a bowl to form batter. Remove skillet from oven using oven mitts; pour in batter.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until edges pull away from skillet, 30 to 40 minutes. Spread butter over top.