Light Cornbread

PaulaG's Note:

Bev's Skillet Cornbread minus the bacon grease, using egg whites in place of the whole egg and vegetable oil in place of shortening.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ cups white cornmeal
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup nonfat yogurt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
2. Thin the yogurt with water to make 1 3/4 cup.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and mix well.
4. In another bowl, combine the thinned yogurt and egg whites, beat till well blended, then add it to the dry ingredients and mix the bater till blended thoroughly.
5. Place the oil in a 9" iron skillet and heat till the oil is hot.
6. Pour the oil into the batter, stir well, and pour the batter back into the skillet.
7. Bake in the oven till the cornbread is golden brown, about 20 minutes.
8. To serve, turn the skillet upside down on a big plate, remove, and cut the cornbread into wedges.
9. (To prepare for Cornbread dressing, cool, cut into wedges and freeze until ready to use in recipe. Defrost before continuing.).

Reviews

[Enjolinfam]

This turned out to be really good cornbread! Mine turned out looking just like Dreamer's photo. I sprayed a nonstick spray on the casserole dish and omitted the skillet step for lack of time and not wanting to dirty something else. It turned out perfect and didn't stick. My picky DD that doesn't care for cornbread said she liked this one. At 20 minutes it was already brown on top. Thanks!

[Dreamer in Ontario]

A very nice light cornbread. As with the previous reviewer, my bread did stick a little but I had no problem loosening it from the pan undamaged.

[ellie_]

This is the first time I ever used white cornmeal and I really liked it a lot. The change I made to this recipe was adding 2 tablespoons sugar but otherwise followed as directed. Next time I will use more oil as the bread stuck a bit to the pan when I was trying to get it out of the pan - but the bread was wonderful with stew. Thanks for sharing!