Buttery Cornbread
⅔ cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 ⅔ cup milk
2 ⅓ cups flour
2 ⅓ cups cornmeal
4 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
In a second bowl, combine the eggs and milk.
In a third bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
Add to butter and sugar mixture alternately with egg mixture.
Pour mixture into greased 12 inch Dutch oven.
Use 19 coals on top and 10 on the bottom, and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Take it off of the bottom coals and just use the top heat to finish cooking for another 2 to 7 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Makes 12 to 15 servings.
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 ⅔ cup milk
2 ⅓ cups flour
2 ⅓ cups cornmeal
4 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
In a second bowl, combine the eggs and milk.
In a third bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
Add to butter and sugar mixture alternately with egg mixture.
Pour mixture into greased 12 inch Dutch oven.
Use 19 coals on top and 10 on the bottom, and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Take it off of the bottom coals and just use the top heat to finish cooking for another 2 to 7 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Makes 12 to 15 servings.
