Jamie's Sweet and Easy Corn on the Cob Recipe

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Jamie's Sweet and Easy Corn on the Cob

Recipe by: heatherjane

"My mother-in-law gave me this quick and easy recipe for the sweetest, tastiest corn cobs!"

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 6 servings

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2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

6 ears corn on the cob, husks and silk removed
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Footnotes

Tip
Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 94 calories; 1.1 21.5 2.9 0 14 Full nutrition

Reviews

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257 Ratings

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Litegal1

6/18/2012

O.M.G. Seriously the *best* corn on the cob we have ever had! Sugar & lemon juice? Insane! But it worked beautifully! I am somewhat of a corn snob (and would personally be perfectly content...

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Billy

9/13/2014

Didn't quite cook enough. I've found the corn needs to boil for a bit first

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Litegal1

6/18/2012

O.M.G. Seriously the *best* corn on the cob we have ever had! Sugar & lemon juice? Insane! But it worked beautifully! I am somewhat of a corn snob (and would personally be perfectly content...

Michele McCormick

6/17/2012

Absolutely delicious, I did add a little milk to the water which I always do anyway.

Erin

7/7/2012

Outstanding! From now on, this is how I will be making corn on the cob... you can't taste the lemon juice or the sugar, but it adds a subtle sweetness and the corn doesn't get overcooked and ch...

5/12/2014

SUMMER! I grew up in NW PA on a Dairy Farm where we grew a lot of COB; I've always cooked it the same way salted boiling water, add the corn, cover and remove from heat.i don't know what compell...

Beachbaby 72

5/22/2012

Thank you Jamie! This helpful hint made it so easy. Perfect corn on the cob! Not mushy, very firm just like I wanted.

curlyred29

7/18/2015

I can't believe it but truly the best corn I've ever had. When I read the recipe and reviews I thought this is crazy, it can't make a difference to add sugar and lemon juice but it honestly did...

Billy

9/13/2014

Didn't quite cook enough. I've found the corn needs to boil for a bit first

Lovely

2/20/2014

I didn't taste a difference

Grandma Sugar

1/26/2013

Loved it, loved it, loved it. Thank you Jamie. I like easy recipes that taste good and don't require a lot of ingredients or fuss. This was fabulous. Didn't change a thing.

Jamie's Sweet and Easy Corn on the Cob

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