Sloppy Corn Bread

Earlier this morning, Laura of Heavenly Homemakers posted this yummy recipe for sloppy corn muffins.

From Heavenly Homemakers: Sloppy Corn Muffins

It looked so simple and so good, I made up a quick batch just in time for lunch.  And not surprisingly, it was a huge hit, so I now have one more great recipe that can be made almost entirely from ingredients I always have on hand.

I sincerely hate to mess with muffin cups if I can avoid it (unless the children are helping, and they were busy with schoolwork today) so ours was baked in a hot cast iron skillet instead.  I love the way the edges get brown and crispy when you use a skillet, but it will work just fine if you bake it in an ordinary 9 x 13 pan.

Sloppy Corn Bread

Ingredients:

1 recipe Corn Bread

1/2 recipe Sloppy Joes

Directions:  Heat 2 – 12 inch skillets in a 350 degree oven.  Melt a little butter oil or coconut oil into each, maybe about 2 tablespoons.  Once the skillets are good and hot, pour half the cornbread batter into each pan and top it with spoons full of sloppy joe meat.  Bake both for about 20 minutes, or until the middle tests clean with a toothpick.

Corn Bread Batter

Sloppy Joe

Sloppy Corn Bread Skillet

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Christine’s Sloppy Joes

My good friend Christine and I used to get together for once-a-month-cooking now and then, and share good recipes and even better conversation.  This one is hers.  It freezes well, but the best thing about it is that everyone loves it.

Serve it on a bun or bake it into cornbread when you don’t have any buns on hand.

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

1 tablespoon rapadura (If you live in TN, get this healthy sugar in bulk through our co-op!)

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 stalks celery, finely chopped

1/4 cup green pepper, finely chopped

Sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Brown the ground beef with the onion.  Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 45 minutes.

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