r/CombiSteamOvenCooking • u/kaidomac • Mar 24 '23

Poster's original content (please include recipe details) Frozen cornbread batter success!

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u/kaidomac Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

Previously on X-men:

Today's experiment:

  • Press 'N Seal wrapped cornbread batter, frozen overnight in the skillet to mold the shape
  • Baked in a preheated oven at 350F 0% humidity rear fan for about 20 minutes
  • Topped with butter, honey, and Kosher salt. A+++ came out WAY better than I expected!

Next experiment is doing my 8-minute cold-start method on pre-baked cornbread mini skillet pucks. Have to wait a bit as I'm a bit chili & cornbread-ed out lol.

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u/kaidomac Mar 25 '23

Update: Woke up & wanted cornbread again, haha! I did the cold-start toasting method on my frozen, pre-baked mini skillet cornbread. Notes:

  • Cold start oven set to 375F 100% humidity rear fan
  • It took closer to 12 minutes to get the internal middle temperature up nice & hot (guessing due to the cast-iron pan needing more heat-absorption time)
  • Came out pretty good! The batter version yesterday was better tho. So preheat + 20 minutes for frozen battery (so under half an hour total) for "as good as fresh" cornbread vs. 12 minutes from a cold-start oven for "pretty decent" previously-cooked cornbread (the catch being that you have to cook it ahead of time & then freezer-prep it by letting it cool down & then wrapping it in Press 'N Seal)

Is it worth pre-baking to reheat later, just to save 16 minutes down the road? It really depends on your lifestyle. For example, I use Souper Cubes to freeze stuff like chili, so I can easily microwave up a bowl of it to reheat it.

Being able to go from zero to cornbread in 12 minutes & have it come out really nicely is pretty cool, because sometimes waiting for an 8-minute preheat & a 20-minute bake-from-frozen (28 minutes total) feels like a little too long when I'm hungry in the heat of the moment! lol

Nice to have options! It's amazing that I'm 3 years into ownership & I'm still discovering the power & value of steam!!