# anyone got a good cornbread muffin recipe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134 "2012-10-08T21:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/21 "2012-10-11T17:15:34Z")
Ditto on the necessity of using a cast iron skillet. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/22 "2012-10-11T17:56:08Z")
Problem for some cooks is inability to handle the weight of cast iron, such as problem wrists. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/23 "2012-10-11T20:08:36Z")
I’ll chime in with cast-iron, if you can handle it. It makes seriously fine cornbread. You want to put it in the oven while the oven preheats, and then butter the hot iron (ooh baby), and then while the butter is sizzling add the batter. That way the outside of the bread gets a teeny bit fried in butter, leading to a delicious buttery crunchy crust. Jiffy is okay, but it’s nothing like real homemade cornbread. And real homemade cornbread, once you get good at it, takes about half an hour from start to slicing, so it’s worth doing IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/24 "2012-10-11T21:43:58Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Problem for some cooks is inability to handle the weight of cast iron, such as problem wrists. 8" skillets aren’t particularly heavy. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/25 "2012-10-11T21:48:07Z")
I just ate the best cornbread I’ve ever enjoyed, at Red Rooster, Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant in New York City. The recipe is probably in one of his books. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/26 "2012-10-11T21:54:32Z")
Did it have Aleppo flakes in it? If so, that recipe is online. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/27 "2012-10-11T22:25:22Z")
No, it didn’t, but perhaps the recipe you found does contain some other ingredient or process which DID contribute to the tastiness of the version I just ate. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/28 "2012-10-12T06:16:18Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > 8" skillets aren’t particularly heavy. They are for my wrists (used them in my mother’s kitchen as a teen). ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/29 "2012-10-12T11:23:37Z")
Then I’m guessing you have problems with most cookware, as a small 8" skillet isn’t very heavy at all. Nowhere near as heavy as the more common 10" variety. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/30 "2012-10-12T13:27:27Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Is the OP looking for sweet cornbread, or the good kind? No, I’ve got a family recipe for that - we call it Johnny Cake - don’t know if that’s a common name. mmmm - Johnny Cake with maple syrup - mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/31 "2012-10-14T04:19:54Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Then I’m guessing you have problems with most cookware, as a small 8" skillet isn’t very heavy at all. Nowhere near as heavy as the more common 10" variety. You would be mistaken, since I can handle a 10" RevereWare skillet quite easily, but an 8" cast iron, as I found in my teens, is difficult and painful for me. Cast iron is MUCH denser, thus heavier. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/32 "2012-10-14T14:14:00Z")
I stand by my statement. Revere ware is extraordinarily light as cookware goes. It boarders on flimsy. My 8" cast iron skillet is over a pound lighter than my 10" All Clad skillet. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/33 "2012-10-14T14:24:20Z")
And I stand by my own direct experience that I can handle Revere without pain, but cannot do so with cast iron. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134/34 "2012-10-14T14:26:09Z")
I’m not disputing that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-cornbread-muffin-recipe/637134.md?page=1)