Krusty Korn Kobs

[gridiron]

I have two Krusty Korn Kob corn bread pans.  I used for the first time yesterday.  They were seasoned butg when the cornbread was done it was a booger to get them out. Anyone have suggestions?  My cornbread receipe is my grandmothers and does call for oil. So....

[C. B. Williams]

Brett: Oil ? Cornbread must have some oil. I prefer bacon drippings. There are a few things that must be for cornbread not to stick. (1) The oil , bacon drippings, must be mixed in the mix (2) The Oil, bacon drippings, must be heated in the pan that the cornbread is to be cooked in (3) A small amount of the oil (bacon drippings) must be left in the hot pan before the cornbread mix in poured in. [ note: heat the bacon drippings in the pan and then pour into the mix, this will leave a coating in the pan--and the pan will be hot] (4) The pan must be hot when the mix is poured in. Please read my recipe on real Southern cornbread in the WAGS COOKBOOK. thanks, C. B. Williams ( O, thanks for your visit here, this is the place to visit for anything to do with cast iron cooking and /or collecting, and I promise your cornbread will never stick again. )

[Bob Logan]

I second what CB says. I don't use bacon drippings but spray PAM on the pan right before putting in the batter.
  
If the pan is not HOT and you don't hear that sizzle when you put in the batter the cornbread will stick.
  
So when the oven is preheating I put whatever pan I am baking in into the oven. Once the oven is good and hot I know my pan will be hot also.
  
Bob

[chipotledoggie]

I've been cooking in my krusty korn pan for a long time - always put the batter in hot, like mom said...I just picked up a griswold #10 muffin pan and am wondering - should I pour the muffin batter in a heated pan, as well? Thanks, carla

[Bob Logan]

Yes, the pan must always be hot for the batter not to stick.
Bob

[Duke Gilleland]

And it has to be well oiled as well, be it crisco. or bacon drippings as C B said.. ;)

[Ellis Morehead]

How do you make 'hot batter'?, or am I misunderstanding something?

Preheating the pan I can see, though have not used it.  Will in the future.

Thanks, Ellis

[chipotledoggie]

Ellis, I mis-wrote when I said "put the batter in hot" I mean - put the batter into a hot pan.  ::) carla

[Ellis Morehead]

Thanks Carla, I was ready to try it, but figured CPR and C.B. would laugh at me ;D
Ellis

[chipotledoggie]

Hey, you're not so far off. I have an old cookbook from a Wisconsin trade school, and the recipe for corn pone calls for pouring boiling water over the dry ingredients, then forming into cakes (when it has cooled some) and then baking...You never know what might work! carla

[C. Perry Rapier]

Thanks Carla, I was ready to try it, but figured CPR and C.B. would laugh at me ;D
Ellis

No Ellis, I was gonna leave you alone. I was watchin you though.  ::)