Grandmom's Cornbread
Patricia English Garner
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup flour
1 rounded teaspoon baking powder
1/4 rounded teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
Directions
- Set oven to 450 degrees. Pour oil into a heavy skillet and put it into the oven.
- Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
- Add egg to the dry mixture and enough buttermilk until the batter is thinner than pancake batter.
- Take the skillet out of the oven very carefully and pour your oil into the batter.
- Mix batter and pour it into the skillet.
- Return to the oven and bake. Watch carefully after 10 minutes.
- Enjoy by itself, or covered in butter and jam! (Jennifer's mom recommends just butter.)
Information
- Category
- Breakfast/Brunch