5 Ingredient Corn Casserole

Over the past few years, my family has come to expect their helping of corn casserole at the holidays. I've traditionally made this casserole using a simple recipe easily found on the internet. Search for "5 Ingredient Corn Casserole" and you will find a dozen or more listings of the same casserole using the following recipe.

1 can of corn, drained (Del Monte Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn)

1 can of creamed corn (Del Monte Golden Sweet Corn Creamed Style)

1 cup of sour cream (Daisy Brand Sour Cream Pure &Natural)

1 stick of melted butter (Member's Mark Salted Sweet Cream Butter Grade AA)

1 box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix (Brand name, no substitutes) 

Super simple, just add those five ingredients to a bowl, stir them thoroughly, and pour into a greased 8 x 8 casserole dish. Place in a 350 F (~175 C) oven for about 45 minutes. Time will vary based on the dish you use, I prefer glass, and it usually takes closer to an hour to fully set the center. Many other recipes you will find use a few other things like eggs, maybe cheese, but I prefer these simple 5 ingredients alone. For several years this recipe has served me well, I've received many compliments and kept very few leftovers.

This year, we had a lot going on and due to a very fortunate oversight, I have discovered another corn casserole recipe that is even better than this. It is not nearly as easy to make, so by all means if you like the recipe above use it, it literally takes 5 minutes to assemble and if your guests like corn casserole, they are gonna like this one.

Christmas morning, I set out to make the casserole by rounding up the ingredients as I usually do. One can of corn, check. One can of creamed corn, out of stock...oh no. Sour cream, check, butter, check, one box of Jiffy mix, out of stock...uh oh. So out of a 5 ingredient casserole, we have exactly 3 ingredients, this is clearly going to be a problem. We are already behind schedule on Christmas dinner, because we are always behind schedule, that's just how the best food is made. Going to town for the missing ingredients is out of the question, we have important guests and I don't want to miss any time with them, so what will we do? Why, improvise and overcome, that's what....

See the more complicated, but worth it recipe here.....