Saturday, January 22, 2011

Cornbread

CORN BREAD
(Martha, 12-30-05)
Use square cast iron skillet


Salt  (@ 1 tsp)
Oil   (@ 2 TBSP)
Margarine (@ 2 TBSP) (don’t use butter, it will burn)

1 ¼ Cup Cornmeal (Self-Rising)           
3/4 Cup Flour (Self-Rising)
1  Cup Buttermilk
½ Cup Water
1 TBSP Oil
1 tsp. Sugar                                  

·      Preheat oven to 450
·      Sprinkle salt in bottom of cast iron skillet, add margarine and butter.  Place in oven while mixing other ingredients.
·      Stir together the meal, flour and sugar.
·      Combine water, buttermilk, and oil.
·      Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well.
·      Pour into hot cast iron skillet.
·      Place in oven on middle rack. When the edges begins to brown,  move the skillet to the second or top rack in oven to get the top to brown