How Jiffy Mix, a Michigan company born out of Great Depression, has become a dinner table staple

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[wolfie001]

1. Last time a made it I added a TBSP or 2 of light sour cream

And it came out a bit less crumbly. More like cornbread at a restaurant. I like the price.

[Botany]

2. Been a go to staple of mine for years.

Except I add a can of corn to it. I have a square cast iron skillet that must be 100 years old that I
use to bake the corn bread.

[rubbersole]

3. The missus adds a diced jalapeo pepper to the mix.

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Served with her chili 😋 ! An absolute favorite.

Edit - I've been informed that she also adds sour cream, onions, corn and cheese to the cornbread mix. Because of course she does...

[radical noodle]

4. Cornbread mix and yellow cake mix

make both as directed, mix together and get a wonderful light cornbread.

[Greybnk48]

5. We've been eating this cornbread with Spaghetti since the 60's (high school)

when we moved to Wisconsin from Philadelphia area (Bucks County, PA).

My Italian friends fro back east would not understand this, until they try it!

[generalbetrayus]

6. For 10 years between the time I got divorced and the time my last kiddo moved out, Jiffy Baking Mix

was a major item in my food shopping list. When all three kids and often their friends were here for the weekends, the Baking Mix was the basis of chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. cool

[pfitz59]

8. I have a blueberry muffin and a corn bread

in the cupboard right now. Tasty and affordable. Good combo.

[Midnight Writer]

9. I was raised on Jiffy products and they are still my favorite.

I appreciate that they don't over-sweeten their cornbread mix. That super-sweet, almost cake-like cornbread is not for me.