Cornbread

Being there is a good sized Amish community living in this area, one of my mother-in-law’s favorite things to do when they come for a visit is check out their stores.  There are quite a few–I only snapped a couple pictures outside of two.

Oh how I’d love to have those gardens!

That is my MIL entering another store.

I bought three things that day–Corn meal, another recipe book(like I really needed another! ), and eggs.

I don’t think I’ve ever made cornbread before.  Probably because my memories of it from school was dry, crumbly and bland.  10, my middle son had it one of the last days of school this year and raved about it.  So when I spotted the cornmeal and I remembered Suzanne McMinn putting a recipe up on her blog, I decided to give it a whirl.

I love farm fresh eggs!  The two older boys were busy with the grandparents so the youngest and I got to work.  I looked at a couple of recipes, one even in my new recipe book(cooking with no sugar) and in the end ironically used Suzanne’s which had the most sugar!  Too funny.  :-)  I just have a sweet tooth I guess. 

I did change one thing…no bacon.  Maybe next time.  Not to say I was trying to be healthy or anything, just that I was lazy and it was easier to spray the pan.

I turned around and this is what 4 was doing.  LOL - he actually liked it raw!

I have to be honest and say, I wasn’t too sure what to expect…I was still remembering that dry, crumbly bread from so many years ago and just wasn’t sold on this whole idea.   Who’d want dry, crumbly bread that was hard to swallow down without a tall glass of milk?

10 had it half gone before supper!!!!

Needless to say, he was not hungry for supper.  LOL, still makes me laugh.  I had to try it then…and found I actually liked it!  Suzanne’s recipe was nice and moist…definitely best when warm.  I have this vague memory of someone telling me about drizzling honey on it but…other than my mother-n-law putting some butter on hers the rest of us ate it as it was. 

Thanks Suzanne!  You made my middle son, 10, very happy!

NOTE: Click here to see Suzanne’s recipe.

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Have a good one!

Cole