Down-home corn bread
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Yellow or white corn meal |
| ½ | cup | Flour |
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 10 | Strips bacon, cooked and diced | |
| ⅓ | cup | Melted shortening |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1¼ | cup | Milk |
Directions
Preheat oven to 425°. Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl. In a small bowl, mix together bacon, shortening, eggs and milk.
Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix until just smooth, pour batter into hot, greased skillet and bake 18 to 20 minutes, until golden brown, Cut in wedges.
NOTES : Use Turkey bacon to save on fat and calories.
Recipe by: Swift Meats Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by LVFG53A@... (MRS IRA M DENNIS) on Apr 15, 1997