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Skillet cornbread

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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
  • cornmeal
  • flour
  • sugar
Combine the cornmeal, flour, a little sugar (optional) and the leavening, and whisk well.
  • lemony agents
  • buttermilk
  • regular milk
Add the buttermilk, a little regular milk, a couple of eggs and some butter.
  • 2 whole eggs
  • butter
Preheat the oven with a nine inch cast iron skillet holding the vegetable shortening inside, so the skillet and fat are very hot for a crusty base.
Adding the wet ingredients
  • ¼ cup vegetable shortening
Pour the batter straight into the hot fat in the skillet.
A very hot skillet and fat
Bake in a really hot oven about 20 to 25 minutes, until golden.