Cornbread (four great southern cooks)

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Bacon drippings
2 cups White cornmeal
½ cup Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
2½ teaspoon Baking powder
1 Egg, , beaten
4 tablespoons Shortening, , melted
2 cups Milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 Deg. F. Grease a cast iron skillet with bacon drippings and place in the oven.

Sift the cornmeal, flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Add the beaten egg, melted butter and melted shortening. Stir in the milk and mix well. Pour the mixture into the piping hot skillet and bake at 400 Deg. F for 45 minutes, or until lightly browned on top. Serve immediately with butter.

Typed by Carolyn Cloe

Recipe by: Ruth Jenkins Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #530 by robin carr <robin@...> on Mar 21, 1997

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