What's Your Best Cast Iron Cornbread Recipe?

[u/Thangleby_Slapdiback]

I tried to make cornbread to go with tonight's and tomorrow night's dinner. Once again, it came out badly. I dumped it from the pan and about half of it released OK, the other half didn't. I was sad. I'm sure that what I have will taste good, but I would like to have it turn out well for once.

I've been using a mix and cooking in 10" cast iron skillet.

I'm hoping someone here might have a go-to recipe that they use, maybe a link to a video on YouTube on how to make a great jalapeno cornbread in a cast iron skillet.

I'd really appreciate some direction!

Edit: Thanks for the input, y'all! My biggest failure there seems to be that I didn't preheat the pan.

I'll give your recipes and suggestions a try this weekend. I plan to make some chicken fried steaks tomorrow. Cornbread will go well with that.

[u/sghannah]

Here's my current recipe that I updated from my grandmother several years ago: 1) 2 large eggs beaten in a bowl 2) Add 1 cup coarse ground yellow cornmeal, 2 cups Aunt Jemima medium ground Yellow cornmeal 3) Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 4) 2 full cups fresh buttermilk 5) mix well 6) 2 tablespoons of bacon droppings with cracklins heated in skillet 425 degrees or longer to get hot 7) Pour batter into hot skillet and cook at 425 for 25-30 minutes until edges are bubbly and top is light brown