Craig Claiborne's Southern Cornbread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/3 cup sifted flour
• 1 1/2 cups sifted cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, if desired
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 sift the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.
• 3 beat the eggs until foamy and stir them into the dry mixture.
• 4 stir in the buttermilk and 1 cup whole milk.
• 5 heat the butter in a 9 x 2-inch black skillet, and when it is very hot but not brown, pour in the batter.
• 6 carefully pour the remaining 1 cup whole milk on top of the batter without stirring.
• 7 place the dish in the oven and bake 50 minutes, or until set and baked through.
• 8 slice into wedges.