Dad's Cornbread
Submitted by sarahh on November 19, 2010 at 3:45 pm

Serve this hot out of the oven with lots of butter.
Yield: 8 wedges

Shortening for the pan(s)
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil

Grease a 10-inch cast iron skillet heavily with shortening. Don't use cooking spray. Place pan in oven and preheat pan and oven to 400 degrees.

In a medium bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat egg with milk and oil. Add wet ingredients all at once to dry ingredients. Stir gently, but thoroughly, until well-mixed. Do not beat.

Remove hot pan from oven and immediately pour in batter. It will sizzle if your pan is hot enough.
Quickly spread batter to edges of pan and bake until golden on top and golden brown and crispy on the bottom, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately with butter and choice of toppings.

Corn Sticks
Heavily grease a corn stick pan and preheat with oven to 400 degrees. Follow above instructions, filling wells in pan about half full. Bake 10-15 minutes, or until golden and crispy. Serve immediately.