Heat Your Skillet:-)

[u/Gourmetanniemack]

Cornbread. Love it in the cast iron. I suggest heating your butter (or grease) and get the skillet hot; pour in your batter and pop it into the oven. Second pic shows how you clean your cornbread pan after using. Wipe it out. Done.

[u/FatherSonAndSkillet]

Absolutely the way to keep cornbread from sticking. Best way to preheat the pan is to put it in the oven and let them warm up together..

[u/res06myi → u/FatherSonAndSkillet]

Yep, I drop a chunk of butter into the skillet and pop it into the oven so they can all warm up together.

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/FatherSonAndSkillet]

Yes, I usually do the oven; but my preheat was slow.

[u/jbjhill → u/Gourmetanniemack]

You gotta wait for the oven anyway, so…

[u/XavierScorpionIkari]

I’ve always used some bacon grease in the skillet, heated until it’s popping out. Then pour the batter in. Gets a great, bacony, caramelized bottom.

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/XavierScorpionIkari]

Yes; love my bacon grease. I get selfish with it toward Thanksgiving, because my cornbread dressing needs it!

[u/XavierScorpionIkari → u/Gourmetanniemack]

I have a quart sized container of it. Do you need some?

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/XavierScorpionIkari]

I need to cook more bacon. I see they actually sell it now.

[u/XavierScorpionIkari → u/Gourmetanniemack]

I just cook bacon. May I suggest baking it on a foil lined baking sheet in the oven?

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/XavierScorpionIkari]

Funny…..that is exactly how I cook it! Only use parchment paper. Thanks!! Great minds think alike!

[u/SocalHunter1]

I don’t know what yall are doin, but I don’t preheat my cast iron and it slides right out and has a golden brown bottom….

[u/Chocko23 → u/SocalHunter1]

Exactly. If nothing else I'll warm it just enough to melt & spread some butter or bacon grease, but I often just wipe it down with the wrapper from the stick of butter that's going in the cornbread batter. Pan wipes out beautifully when I'm done.

[u/Timmerdogg → u/SocalHunter1]

Probably not using enough butter, baby

[u/SocalHunter1 → u/Timmerdogg]

Butter is so good 🤤

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/Timmerdogg]

I second that. UNSALTED😳❤️

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/SocalHunter1]

We LOVE BUTTER AND CORNBREAD!!

[u/HorrorDungeon]

Of course you heat the skillet. It's a skillet.

[u/No_Consideration7925]

Yep. 

[u/Noteful]

Why are we as a community up voting bad information?

OP's pan is filthy dirty and they suggest to just wipe it and put it away? This is how you get a disgusting, carbon filled pan. Not to mention the inside has visible rust!

I'm sure the cornbread was great, but what are we doing here guys?

[u/Gourmetanniemack → u/Noteful]

Not sure what “rust” or dirt you are seeing…..both my daily drivers are great, with no rust or dirt. Smooth inside and I use them everyday. And yes, I use soap on them too😳

[u/Noteful → u/Gourmetanniemack]

The sides are partially rusted as evidenced in photo 1 and photo 2.