Firehouse Chili Cornbread Casserole

I thought the ratio of cornbread to chili too high. Thicker than I'd like. If I make it again I'll use a deeper and smaller (less surface area) dish with 1/2 the amount of cornbread batter.

FoodWishes Youtube video
All Recipes for amount as written steps

Difficulty: Easy Peasy. Make the chili, make the batter, top with the batter in a casserole dish and bake. Had most ingredients on hand, so shopping was negligible.

Cleanup: The timing for this gave plenty of time to "clean as you go". By the time the casserole is done in the oven you'll have a clean kitchen.

Ingredients

Finished in casserole dish

Plated in unwiped bowl. 

Sourdough Bread 1

Tried a new approach to making my sourdough this weekend. Thanks to my bro for pointing me in this direction. Thanks to Jack (Bake with Jack) for excellent instruction. Still working on my final shaping before going into banneton. Otherwise this is just time and technique.

Links
Bread Recipe for Beginners Sourdough Loaf
Bread Scoring Techniques
Yeasted rustic bread that got me started baking

I followed the directions and amounts closely with a few alterations at the end to suit my equipment and preferences. The results were great. These have a very crisp crust right out of the oven, and the crumb is excellent. The crust develops terrific flavor.
In my experience, I get little to know expansion while dough is in refrigerator overnight.

What I did differently...

• Shaped one loaf for oblong baker and one for cast-iron dutch oven using oblong and round bannetons. 
• Baked one loaf in a 4.5 qt dutch oven and the other in an oblong baker. Both in oven while it pre-heated to temp then 15 more minutes.
• First baked at 450° F. Covered 15 minutes, uncovered 30 min or until brown.
• Second baked at 475° F. Covered 15 minutes, uncovered 25 min.  Starter was better prepared for second bake and yielded better oven spring. 

450°F 15 min/30 min

457°F 15 min/25 min