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Basic Chili Recipe

The stormy winter weather we are having in Minnesota called for chili and cornbread!  This was my very first time making chili, if you can believe it!  I’ve ordered chili at restaurants and enjoyed it at my friend’s and families houses but never made it.  One of my best friends has the most delicious recipe for spicy cornbread that she makes with chili.  It is not spicy as in spicy hot but spicy as in cinnamon and sugar!
Since I try to watch my sugar intake I altered the recipe to use Truvia in place of some of the sugar but you can use all brown sugar if desired.
Place flour, brown sugar, Truvia (or brown sugar), shortening, cornmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
Cut in shortening until the mixture is in small crumbles.
Add eggs and sour milk.
Pour into a greased 11×7 pan and sprinkle with cinnamon and Truvia (or granulated sugar).  Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
Cinnamon Sugar Cornbread
adapted from my friend’s recipe
1 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 1/2 Tbsp Truvia (or use 1/2 cup of brown sugar)
1/3 cup shortening
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 cup sour milk (1/2 cup milk & 1 Tbsp vinegar)
1 egg
1 egg white
Cinnamon & Sugar for sprinkling on top
Put milk and vinegar in a bowl and set aside to sour. Place flour, brown sugar, Truvia (or additional brown sugar), shortening, cornmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice in a bowl. Cut in shortening until the mixture is in small crumbles. Add eggs and sour milk. Pour into a greased 11×7 pan and sprinkle with cinnamon and Truvia (or granulated sugar).  Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. (May take longer if using all brown sugar)

In case anyone is interested in how I made my very simple chili:

Basic Chili
Adapted from my mom’s recipe

1 lb hamburger
Brown hamburger with a little dried onion, sprinkle of Worcester sauce, a dash of garlic, seasoned salt and pepper.

2 cans chili beans in mild sauce
1 can tomato soup
1 can water
Pour the chili beans, tomato soup and water into a pot.  Add browned hamburger and warm over medium heat, stirring often until the chili is hot.  I let mine simmer for about 1 hour stirring occasionally, until we were ready for dinner.

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Comments

  1. I made this tonight & it was delicious. Even the kids who were sure they wouldn’t like it, did! It turned out light & moist…I even thought I could have added a little more cornmeal. The one thing I did notice when making it is that in the ingredients list it calls for allspice, but in the directions it says nutmeg. I went ahead & used the allspice & think that is probably the right one, but I wanted to let you know so it could be corrected. Thanks!

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    • Same as Annette – is it allspice or nutmeg? I did the allspice since I saw that first.
      Looks wonderful – mine is in the oven so haven’t tasted it yet. Thanks.

      Shirley

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      • Sorry! Didn’t see these questions for some reason. It’s allspice, but if you don’t have any on hand you can use nutmeg or even more cinnamon instead. Enjoy! ~Tonia

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  2. just made your cornbread, it tastes yummy but yours looks so much thicker than mine. Did you double the recipe? I was either thinking that or a smaller pan.

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  11. Oh my goodness Tonia…that looks amazing!! My kids LOVE cornbread, but they will go crazy over this stuff. Thank you so much for sharing, I will be making this within the week!! 🙂

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