Savory Cornbread

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup plain yogurt (or buttermilk)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup melted butter (or corn oil, or bacon grease)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 put the butter or other fat into a cast-iron skillet, place the skillet in the oven while it heats and you mix the ingredients.
• 3 combine dry ingredients.
• 4 lightly beat eggs and combine with yogurt. add to dry ingredients. stir just enough to mix.
• 5 take the skillet out of the oven. carefully tilt to coat sides with fat. pour the melted fat into the batter. mix well.
• 6 transfer batter to hot skillet, smoothing the surface if necessary.
• 7 bake for 14 minutes if you're using a 12-inch skillet, until bread pulls away from sides of skillet and is barely golden. if you're using the 10-inch skillet, it may need closer to 20 minutes, but don't overbake.