Cornbread from scratch

Cornbread is a staple in our house. We always have a couple boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix in the cupboard because my husband LOVES cornbread. I've always found it to be too dry and not worth eating, but hey, if he doesn't say anything about the massive amounts of chocolate I eat, I'll let him have the cornbread. So one day last week I went to make cornbread... and we didn't have any! I was confused. I looked through every cupboard. How could we be OUT of cornbread??? I'll make some from scratch, I thought. It couldn't be too hard, and I know I've got cornmeal around here somewhere because I bought it for one of those kids sensory exercises you find all over Pinterest. Nope. I had corn starch. Not really the same thing.

So the next time I went shopping I bought a big bag of corn meal plus two boxes of Jiffy just in case I was an idiot and couldn't make good cornbread from scratch. A few days later I made "Homesteader Cornbread" from Allrecipes.com, and now I'm seriously considering giving away the Jiffy. It was easy. It was cheap. It used only ingredients that I already had (plus the cornmeal). And I actually liked it. Not enough to choose it over sweet rolls or croissants, but enough to choose it over nothing, which is a huge step for me. Unlike cornbread from a box, you don't feel like all of the moisture has been sucked out of your mouth when you're eating it. My husband said that cornbread was the kind of cake he wanted for his next birthday (weirdo). So for anyone curious enough to try it, but too lazy to look it up themselves, here is the recipe:

1 1/2 C cornmeal
2 1/2 C milk
2 C all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 C sugar
2 eggs
1/2 C vegetable oil (I used olive oil)

In a large bowl, mix together cornmeal and milk. Let stand 5 minutes. Add all other ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan. bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

QUICK. EASY. CHEAP. DONE. How did Jiffy convince us all to keep buying those stupid little boxes?