DeSha's Cornbread

We have a restaurant in Lexington called DeSha's and they make THE BEST cornbread!  When I was a kid and went there for the first time they served the cornbread complimentary with honey butter, seriously good!  Now I think you have to order the cornbread and pay for it individually but it's still worth doing.  There's a reason why this is a great recipe, lots of oil, butter and sour cream but I promise if you try it you won't be disappointed!  This makes a great side dish for chili, soup or just about anything.  Serving with honey butter is optional, but of course it makes it that much better.

Recipe:  

3 cups self rising cornmeal
1/3 cup sugar
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 cups sour cream
2 cans cream corn

Directions: 

Combine all ingredients in order listed; mix well. Pour into a greased 9-inch-x-13-inch pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes. This cornbread bakes up very thick and makes a lot because you want to cut it into small squares.  I often half the recipe and only use an 8x8 pan.  I hope you haven't had a heart attack after seeing the ingredients - I told you there was a reason why it's delicious!

Cinnamon Roll Pull Apart Bread

Once again I found another GREAT recipe on Pinterest!
This one is from the blog: Plain Chicken.

It got RAVE reviews from all the family! And better yet it was EASY! Really EASY! 

Ingredients:
1 unsliced round loaf sourdough bread

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp milk

Directions: 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make Vanilla Honey Butter: Whip butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar together until smooth; stir in honey and vanilla.  Set aside. (You can use regular butter if desired)

Cut the bread lengthwise into 1/2" slices, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread vanilla honey butter in between slices.  Rotate the bread 90 degrees and slice the bread again into 1/2" pieces, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread more vanilla honey butter in between new cuts. This doesn't need to be perfect - just make sure there is lots of butter in between all the cuts. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Generously sprinkle in between all cuts.

Wrap in foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until bread is warm.  Unwrap cinnamon bread and place on serving platter.  Combine powdered sugar and milk - adding milk until you get the consistency desired.  Drizzle icing over bread and serve immediately.

We had some company Saturday morning when I made this and put it on the coffee table to eat he said, "that looks like a blooming onion!"  That is certainly what it will remind you of...fun to eat too...The only problem is it's so easy to keep plucking off little, yummy bites of the bread!  Try this and you will not be disappointed!