Recipe 4: Cornbread

It was Boston Market night in our house tonight. Hubby has been working to perfect his recipe for a chicken carver sandwich and I added mac and cheese and my yummy mashed potatoes. I also decided to try Mark's recipe for from-scratch cornbread, pictured at the right.

It looks a little wonky because when I poured the batter into the pan, some of the olive oil spilled into the batter. Other than it not looking totally pleasing, it was good!
I'll be honest though...I'm a southern girl and I love my sweet sugar. I like my sweet tea so sweet it locks your jaw and I love my cornbread so sweet it seems like dessert. The recipe called for a tablespoon of sugar plus more for sweet bread. I put in a total of three tablespoons. Yeah, not even close to sweet. For regular cornbread, it's good. To sweeten it up, I whipped up some honey butter, slathered it on the sides of the bread, and voila! Much, much better.

Well, I call this one a success. I just need to find out how much sugar to add...or invest in a good jar of honey!