Corn Bread

Serves

Six to eight people.

Hardware

• Large mixing bowls (2)
• 2" x 8" x 12" baking pan

Ingredients

4	cups		all-purpose flour
2	cups		yellow corn meal
2	Tblsp		sugar
1	tsp		salt
2	Tblsp		baking powder
4			eggs
3	cups		milk
2 ½	Tblsp		vegetable oil
½	cup		butter, melted

Procedure

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.

2. Oil a 2" x 8" x 12" baking pan.

3. In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients.

4. In a another bowl, mix all of the wet ingredients except the butter.

5. Pour the wet mixture over the dry mixture.

6. Add the melted butter and stir well.

7. Pour into the pan and bake about 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean.

Notes

This makes a lot of corn bread, even a half recipe is enough for four people; just cut all measurements in half, and use a 2" x 8" x 8" pan.

The original recipe called for 1 ½ cups of sugar, but that was much too sweet!

Celeste Stokely also has a recipe for Mississippi Cornbread that looks yummy.

Rating

Difficulty: Easy.

Time: About 90 minutes.

Precision: 4.

Source

Adapted from The Thrill of the Grill, by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby.