Old Fashioned Spoon Bread Food

SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Scald milk (do not boil); stir in the butter, cornmeal and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until cornmeal comes away from sides of pan and thickens. Set aside to cool until lukewarm. , Add beaten egg yolks; mix thoroughly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites; mix gently but thoroughly. Pour into greased 2-qt. baking dish. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until top is golden brown. Serve immediately.

OLD-FASHIONED SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2-quart casserole dish. Set aside.
• Combine 2 cups milk and cornmeal in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 8-11 minutes or until all milk is absorbed and mixture is of cooked cereal consistency. Remove from heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter, baking powder and salt; stir until well mixed and butter is melted. Beat in egg yolks and remaining milk with whisk until smooth. Transfer to bowl; set aside.
• Beat egg whites in another bowl at high speed, scraping bowl often, 1-2 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Gently stir into cornmeal mixture until smooth and no lumps remain.
• Carefully pour into prepared pan. Bake 40-50 minutes or until golden brown and top springs back when touched lightly in center.
• Stir together all maple butter ingredients in bowl; serve with warm spoon bread.

OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease an 8-inch-square baking dish or 1 1/2-quart casserole.
• Combine the cornmeal and salt in a mixing bowl.
• Gradually add the boiling water while whisking out any lumps. Add the melted butter and stir to blend. Let the mixture cool for about 5 minutes.
• Whisk the milk into the cornmeal mixture.
• In a small bowl, beat the eggs thoroughly.
• Whisk the beaten eggs into the cornmeal mixture along with the baking powder. Blend well with a whisk or electric mixer.
• Turn the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake for about 35 minutes or until set and lightly browned.
• Serve the spoon bread hot with plenty of butter.

OLD-FASHIONED ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Beat eggs until fluffy; add oil, sugar, vanilla, and zucchini; mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to wet mixture; mix well.
• Toss nuts and/or raisins in a bit of flour then stir into batter.
• Pour batter into two 9x5" loaf pans that have been sprayed on bottoms only with no-stick cooking spray; bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests (a toothpick inserted near center of loaf comes out clean) done; cool loaves for about 10 minutes in pans then loosen sides of loaves (I do this by running a small plastic knife around the edges) and remove from pans; cool completely before slicing.
• NOTE: I include about 3/4 cup whole wheat flour in the total amount.

KENTUCKY SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat 3 cups milk over medium heat until bubbles form around sides of pan. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the cornmeal, sugar, salt and remaining milk until smooth. Slowly whisk cornmeal mixture into hot milk. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. , Remove from the heat. Sprinkle baking powder over the cornmeal mixture, then stir it in with the butter. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks; stir in a small amount of hot cornmeal mixture. Return all to the pan and mix well. , In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold a fourth of the egg whites into the cornmeal mixture. Fold in remaining egg whites until blended. , Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Serve immediately.

SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 1 1/2-quart souffle dish.
• Combine the cornmeal, salt, and sugar and stir slowly into scalded milk in saucepan. Over low heat, blend in butter. Remove saucepan from heat and beat in egg yolks and baking powder. Let cool.
• Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Gently fold into cornmeal mixture. Pour batter into prepared mold and bake until puffed and golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Serve immediately.

OLD FASHIONED SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350° and gather your ingredients.
• 2. Grease an 8-inch baking dish or 1 1/2-quart casserole or a small cast iron pan.
• 3. Mix cornmeal and salt in a mixing bowl ( add the baking powder until step 7).
• 4. Gradually add the boiling water while whisking out the lumps. Add the melted butter and stir to blended. Let the mixture rest for about 5 minutes.
• 5. Whisk the milk into the cornmeal mix
• 6. In a small bowl, beat the eggs thoroughly.
• 7. Whisk the beaten eggs into the cornmeal mixture along with baking powder. Blend well with a whisk or electric mixer. (Preferably a whisk as you dont want to over work the batter)
• 8. Turn the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• 9. Bake for about 35 minutes, or until set and lightly browned.
• 10. Once out of the oven top with butter and honey while hot. Serve hot with lots of butter. Enjoy!!!!

OLD-FASHIONED BEER BREAD

Steps:

• Heat milk in microwave until just warmed (about 35 seconds)Dissolve 1 tsp sugar into warm milk.
• Sprinkle yeast over milk mixture and let sit for 10 minutes or until mixture is foamy.
• Heat beer, 2 tbsp sugar, butter, and salt together in a saucepan until butter is just melted.
• Remove from heat and let cool until lukewarm (if it's too hot it will kill the yeast).
• Beat in yeast mixture with a fork.
• Place 4 cups flour into a bowl. Make a well in the center and add the beer mixture and then the yeast mixture.
• Stir with a wooden spoon; mix dough with hands when spoon requires too much effort.
• Place 1/4 cup flour onto work space and turn dough out onto the flour.
• Knead for 10 minutes, adding as much of the remaining flour as the dough will take. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
• Lightly grease a large bowl. Place dough in bowl and roll it around until well coated.
• Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for two hours or until dough has doubled in size.
• Punch down dough in the bowl.
• Roll back into a ball and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Divide ball in half and knead each half into a ball.
• Using a rolling pin, gently roll each ball into an 8x11 inch rectangle.
• Starting at the narrow end, roll each rectangle up tightly.
• Pinch the ends and the seams together and place the loaves seam side down into greased loaf pans.
• Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix egg yolk and water together.
• Brush the tops of the loaves lightly with egg wash and then slash the tops of the loaves with a large knife (the sharper the better).
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until golden.
• Loaves should make a hollow sound when tapped.

GRANDMA'S OLD-FASHIONED YEAST ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Stir in sugar and salt until you see foam rising. Add 3 cups flour and 3/4 cup shortening; mix with the dough hook until the mixture is the consistency of a thick pancake batter.
• Fill a pot with hot (not boiling) water.
• Remove the mixer bowl and cover it with plastic wrap and a towel. Place the bowl over the pot of hot water, making sure the bottom does not touch the water. Let rise until doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Place the bowl back on your stand mixer and gradually mix in remaining 4 cups flour until dough is smooth and elastic; you may need to add up to 1 additional cup.
• Heavily grease two 9x13-inch pans with shortening.
• Divide dough into 24 balls. Place 12 balls into each of the prepared pans; cover with plastic wrap and a towel. Let rise in a warm area until doubled in size, about 1 hour; balls will start out at about 1 1/2 inches in diameter but will rise and touch the sides of the pans.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake rolls in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush melted butter over top.

OLD FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put butter in small bowl.
• Scald milk (heat till just below boiling) and pour over butter, stir to mix well.
• Beat eggs.
• Gradually stir into milk mixture. Stir in sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• Put bread cubes and raisins in a 1-1/2 quart baking dish; pour in milk mixture. Stir gently to moisten the bread evenly.
• Set in a larger pan; add hot water to the outer pan to come halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or cold.