Cornbread – Box or Skillet?

Credit for my children’s love of cornbread can be rightfully given to Mrs. Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Yes, the author of the “Little House on the Prairie” series of books owns the right to my boys love of cornbread as well as other favorite pioneer dishes such as Baked Beans and Fresh Churned Butter (though I admit ours usually comes churned fresh from the Farmers Market or Whole Foods).  If you haven’t read the series of books yet with your children, do.  We actually loved listening to the books-on-cd in the car on the way to and from school.  My kids were given joy and a sense of wonder from tales of pioneer adventure, and I was given the gift of quiet contentment from the back seat.  A win-win! (more…)

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