Nanny's Cornbread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/3 cup lard or 1/3 cup crisco
• 2 cups self-rising cornmeal
• 1/2 cup self-rising flour
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon dry cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees. put lard or shortening in baking pan or skillet. place oven-proof skillet (a well-seasoned iron skillet works best) on rack and let shortening melt while mixing batter.
• 2 in large bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, eggs and buttermilk. when shortening is ready, pour into batter and blend well. let batter rest for 5 minutes.
• 3 sprinkle dry cornmeal over hot grease left in bottom of skillet. pour batter into prepared pan. bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes until top is nicely browned and bread tests done in center like a cake.
• 4 cut in wedges and serve hot with plenty of butter. this is great with chili or a thick stew.