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Robert St. John

Restaurateur, author, enthusiastic traveler, & world-class eater.

Basic Cornbread

Ingredients

1 cup               Cornmeal

1 cup               Flour

1 /2 cup           Corn flour

2 tsp                Baking powder

1 /2 tsp             Baking soda

2 tsp                Salt

2                      Eggs

1 Tbsp                Bacon grease (or canola oil)

1 cup               Buttermilk

1 cup               Milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk the wet ingredients. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Do not over mix. Pour batter into a greased cast-iron skillet or a buttered two-quart baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Yield: eight servings

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