I tried Ina Garten's easy cornbread. I love the recipe so much that I now make it for every Thanksgiving.

Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I tried Ina Garten's easy cornbread years ago. Now I make it for every Thanksgiving.

When I decided to cook a few dishes for Friendsgiving , there was no question that Ina Garten would be my source of inspiration.

As a huge pasta lover, I knew I had to test Garten's recipe for overnight mac and cheese . And I'm a firm believer that no Thanksgiving table is complete without carbs, so I also made her Parmesan smashed potatoes .

That already seemed like plenty, but then I stumbled on a photo of Garten's brown-butter skillet cornbread in "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook." In the dish's description, Garten writes that it was the "best cornbread I've ever made!"

That was all I needed to hear — time to get baking!

Ina Garten's brown-butter skillet cornbread needs only a few basic ingredients.

Garten's cornbread includes fine cornmeal, eggs, and baking powder.…