Golden Fried Cornbread

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk (original used regular whole milk )
• 1/4 cup melted shortening (could use strained bacon drippings )
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal mix (please use yellow, wouldn't want have pale looking cornbread )
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl,combine all ingredients, mixing well.
• 2 in a large cast iron skillet ( can use an ordinary skillet ), heat 1/2 cup shortening over medium heat until hot but not smoking.
• 3 when oil is hot, add batter 1/3 cup at a time,( if batter seems too thick add about 1/4 cup of water ) spread batter until about 1/4 inch thick.
• 4 fry until batter starts to bubble and edges look slightly dry,lift edge a bit to see if golden ( about 4 minutes ).
• 5 if it is,turn and brown other side.
• 6 after removing from skillet,butter and keep warm.
• 7 repeat from step 3 with remaining batter.