Southern Cornbread

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

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups cornmeal
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°; grease an 8"x4"x3" nonstick loaf pan with the shortening, leaving excess in the pan and place in oven.
• 2 sift together sugar, flour, cornmeal and salt; mix buttermilk and baking soda; stir into cornmeal mixture and mix well; add melted shortening from loaf pan and mix well.
• 3 pour the mixture into the hot loaf pan and bake 50-60 minutes until golden brown and toothpick tests clean; cool on wire rack.