How can you obtain the characteristic brown, crunchy crust and slightly gritty textured corn bread crumb?
A) Use yellow cornmeal instead of white cornmeal in the corn bread batter.
B) Refrigerate the corn bread batter for 15 minutes prior to placing in oven.
C) Grease and heat the pan before filling it with the corn bread batter.
D) All of these are correct.

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Greasing and heating the pan before adding the cornbread batter is a technique that helps to create a characteristic brown, crunchy crust on cornbread. This method allows the batter to start cooking and forming a crust as soon as it hits the hot pan, leading to the desired texture. The color of the cornmeal (choice A) and refrigerating the batter (choice B) do not directly contribute to achieving a crunchy crust or a slightly gritty textured crumb.

How Can You Obtain the Characteristic Brown, Crunchy Crust and Slightly