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Skillet Cornbread

tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2024 · 8

Against 250 cornbread recipes

More leavening than 86% of recipes and more salt than 76%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 250 cornbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More leavening than 86% of recipes: 5.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.1%.
  • Cornmeal share below the middle half: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%, less than 74% of recipes use.
  • Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 93%.
Cornmeal share: 47%, 25th percentileButtermilk: 83%, 26th percentileFat: 33%, 57th percentileSugar: 17%, 39th percentileEgg: 34%, 50th percentileLeavening: 5.7%, 87th percentileSalt: 2%, 78th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 cup cornmeal (, fine ground )≈ 138 g
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup buttermilk* (, room temperature)≈ 244 g
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar*≈ 50 g
  • ¼ cup vegetable or canola oil≈ 55 g
  • 2 eggs (, room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • ½ cup frozen corn (, thawed and excess moisture drained )≈ 119 g
  • 1/2 cup creamed corn≈ 119 g
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter (, room temperature, cut into pieces, or use bacon grease)≈ 43 g

flour 294 gbatter 1045 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 250 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Cornmeal share47% · 25th percentile
  • Buttermilk83% · 26th percentile
  • Fat33% · 57th percentile
  • Sugar17% · 39th percentile
  • Egg34% · 50th percentile
  • Leavening5.7% · 87th percentile
  • Salt2% · 78th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 400°F
Time
27 to 35 minutes
median 25 minutes

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