cornbread

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corn cake

baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland)

skillet corn bread

cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet

ash cake, ashcake, corn tash

corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)

cornpone, pone

cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

corn dab, corn dodger, dodger

small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

hush puppy, hushpuppy

deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)

johnny cake, johnnycake, journey cake

cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)

hoecake

thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

Shawnee cake

form of johnnycake

batter bread, spoon bread

soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern)

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quick bread

breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking