Best Cornbread
Ingredients
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 ¼ c milk
- ¼ c shortening or bacon fat melted
- 1 ½ c yellow cornmeal
- ¾ c all-purpose flour
- 2 T sugar
- 2 ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Combine eggs, milk and shortening.
- Sift together remaining ingredients and add to egg mixture; stir only until blended.
- Place pan in oven, greased with extra shortening or bacon fat. (For best results use iron pan)
- When pan is hot, pour mixture into pan.
- Bake at 400° F for 20-25 minutes or until bread shrinks slightly from sides of pan and begins to brown on the edges.