JOHNNYCAKE (SPIDER CORN BREAD)

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Provided by Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Categories     side dish

Time 30m

Yield Six to eight servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Vegetable shortening to grease the pan
1 cup unbleached white flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup yellow cornmeal
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly grease the bottom and sides of a 10-inch iron spider (skillet).
  • Mix together the dry ingredients.
  • Beat the eggs, mix with the buttermilk and then with the melted butter. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour into the greased spider and bake in the hot oven for 25 minutes, until the top is brown and crusty. Serve immediately, cut into pie-shaped wedges.

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