Spoon Bread A La Scharf Family

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 large onions, in 1/2-inch slices
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• cottage cheese, garnish
• sour cream, garnish
• sugar, garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 butter a 2 quart baking dish.
• 3 add 4 tablespoons of butter to large sauté pan add onions. sauté for about 15 minutes until golden, not too brown.
• 4 in a large bowl add cornmeal and moisten with hot water until all the meal is moist but not too wet.
• 5 in a smaller bowl beat the eggs together then add to cornmeal.
• 6 add the sautéed onions with butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, salt, pepper and sugar.
• 7 combine all those ingredients together. mix well. if it still looks dry add the rest of butter or some extra sour cream.
• 8 put it into a buttered & covered baking dish and bake for 45 minutes; remove cover and brown on top, about 10-15 minutes.
• 9 watch it so it does not burn.
• 10 spoon bread will be brown and crusty on the outside and soft creamy inside.
• 11 serve with sugar, sour cream & cottage cheese or savory with more black pepper and if desired more salt.
• 12 enjoy!