Dressed-up cornbread makes a festive appetizer

Cornbread has been an extension of the everyday meal in the Smokies since the first settlers arrived. But cornbread can also be easily be dressed up for a modern Southern-style cocktail party. These country-style canapés are festively topped with black eyed pea relish, pimento cheese, and sweet-hot pepper jelly — a vegetarian-friendly, do-ahead appetizer for busy holiday entertaining.