All I Want Is A Little Cornbread

All in life is good when you have a pan of warm cornbread.  My easy version only takes minutes to make, and I use a small cast iron frying pan to bake it in.  Put some butter on your slice when it comes right out of the oven and watch it melt into and over the edges of your slice of cornbread, it's awesome.  I eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner because it's so delicious!

This short little recipe is easy when you start with a package of Betty Crocker Cornbread and Muffin Mix. It's around 49 cents at my grocery store, how cheap is that for something so good.  I follow the directions on the back, you need 1/3 cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of melted butter and 1 egg.  Then I add magic to mine in the form of 1/4 cup of sugar.  It makes it sweet and adds a little crunch to the top when it's baked.  I then pour it into a small, lightly oiled, cast iron frying pan.  Bake at 400 degrees for about 18 minutes, depending on your oven, until golden brown.  Slice it up and serve warm with butter or drizzle honey over the top.

Yummy Skillet Cookie Sundae

Here is a dessert I make in a pinch.  I always have this chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge.  If I don't have anything homemade, because I got lazy and didn't feel like making anything fancy (ok, I beat myself up enough), I always have this to fall back on and everyone loves it.  It's easy, and only takes about 20 minutes to make.  This is my knockoff restaurant version.

Take the cookie dough out of the fridge about 20 minutes before you are ready to bake it, to soften it up.  I use my small cast iron frying pan and coat it generously with cooking spray.  Press the cookie dough into the pan evenly.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until the cookie is golden brown, like mine you see down there.

 Now here comes the best part.  A few scoops of really good vanilla ice cream, some warmed hot fudge sauce, and whipped cream on top, all while it's still hot from the oven, it's so good!  Three people ate from this cookie sundae and there was still some leftover.