Best Basic Northern-Style Cornbread

Southerners, avert your eyes if you must.  This is a delicate, moist, crumbly, yet, somehow cake-y and SWEET cornbread.  This is one of our all-time favorites.  But, that doesn’t meal we’ll ever give up the sheer awesomeness that is traditional Southern cornbread.

Best Basic Northern-Style Cornbread
makes 1 8×8″ dish

1 1/2 cups AP flour
1 cup masa de harina
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter, soft
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup half and half

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine dry ingredients.  Sift.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Cream.  Add half of the dry ingredients.  Stir briefly.  Add remaining dry ingredients and half & half.  Stir gently until combined.  Pour batter into an 8×8 inch baking dish.  Smooth top and bake at 350 degrees for 45-48 minutes.