CHEESY CORNBREAD #2 FROM SCRATCH WITH TOSTITO'S™ SALSA CON QUESO 31 JULY 2023
When I made B. Dylan Hollis' SECRET CORNBREAD a few days ago, I thought it too salty, either because of the JIFFY™ Corn Muffin Mix and/or the CHEEZ WHIZ™, so I thought to make the cornbread from scratch. I found two recipes I liked - one made with creamed corn - but one experiment at a time was enough for me, so I chose the recipe I found HERE . . .
However, I cannot leave well enough alone and decided to: 1) double the recipe for a 9" x 13" pan to accommodate the 15 -ounch jar of TOSTITO's™ SALSA CON QUESO; 2) eliminate the salt completely; and 3) as I don't have whole milk, I used one-half 2% milk with one-half heavy cream.
Did I mention it's another rainy day? Whoever named Florida "The Sunshine State" must've only spent one day here. During dry season. [Hand] mixing station . . . Flour & corn meal . . . . . . dry ingredients . . . . . . whisking them together . . . . . . and I wasn't kidding when I put LARGE BOWL in the recipe . . . . . . adding all wet ingredients (except the SALSA CON QUESO) . . . . . . stirring all those together . . . . . . adding the TOSTITO'S™ SALSA CON QUESO (MEDIUM) . . . . . . and giving it all a good stir . . . As I tasted the batter, I wondered if I should not have doubled the sugar, as it was awfully sweet and if that would fight the queso flavor. Too late now, but next time, maybe not double sugar. Be sure to scrape the bottom; I hadn't done so well enough, as I found out when I poured the batter into the pan . . . So now my question was, how long to bake? I did the 25-minute stretch, and it looked like this . . . . . . and the toothpick came out clean. However, when I poked around in those crevices, the batter was still raw. After another 20-minute stretch, it looked like this . . . . . . and it was perfect. So rule of thumb: Double the ingredients, double the baking time. For this cornbread, anyway. Also, the SALSA CON QUESO added quite a bit of moisture to the batter, so added baking time to compensate made sense. Taste Testing Results: So much better than with the pre-packaged mix; the TOSTITO'S™ SALSA CON QUESO (MEDIUM) added quite a bit of flavor without overwhelming the cornbread aspect. We much prefer this version and highly recommend it to cornbread lovers, whether y'all are Southerners or not!
THE MODIFIED RECIPE I USED (I did decide to reduce the sugar to one cup)

CORNBREAD WITH CREAMED CORN HERE