re: Cornbread sticking in Cast Iron

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If your skillet is new it probably hasnt been sanded smooth like the old ones.

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His problem is that it is a figured cornbread skillet or pan. It makes cornbread in the shape of ears of corn and has all these little nooks and crannies in it. There's no way to smooth it, other than by building up seasoning.

One thing I have found helpful with those type pieces is to apply seasoning oil with a brush, like a bristled, natural hair paintbrush (new, of course). That gets the oil into all the crevices. Still, I wipe out as much of that as I can before seasoning it.

This is what I do to season:

1. Scrub my cast iron clean in super hot water and a drop of dawn (this is new, I've been converted) using this thing:



2. Dry it thoroughly with towels.

3. Put cast iron in oven at 500 for 30 minutes. Takes 10 or so to preheat then 20 on full blast. (Use this time to clean rest of kitchen/dishes)

4. Take it out and rub thin layer of safflower oil all over it.

5. Put it back in the oven while on for 5 minutes then I turn oven off and let it cool down as the oven cools down. (Usually leave there over night, just because)


Always comes out perfect.


I also cook with tons of fats so I never have sticking problems

It's a Lodge brand scrubber, you can get on amazon.

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You pre-heat the skillet and then spray in Pam?

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Are you preheating with the oil in the skillet? If so, don't do that.

I heat my skillet, then put about 1/3 stick of butter in skillet to melt and make sure it coats all around, then pour in batter.

Thanks for all the suggestions, started coating the divots with ghee after heating and before pouring batter in. Works great.

Need to add a lot of Crisco to the pan first. It gives it a nice crust on the bottom and edge

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One thing I have found helpful with those type pieces is to apply seasoning oil with a brush, like a bristled, natural hair paintbrush (new, of course). That gets the oil into all the crevices. Still, I wipe out as much of that as I can before seasoning it.

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Try a silicon basing brush.