Annie Mae Jones' Cornmeal Muffins
Ingredients
2 cup cornmeal,sifted*
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1 1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tbsp lard or vegetable shortening
1 1/2 tbsp butter
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 400'F.
2. Grease 2 6-cup muffin tins with vegetable shortening or lard.
Place in oven to heat.
3. Sift cornmeal, soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.
4. Beat egg with buttermilk. Heat shortening with butter until
melted; add to egg and buttermilk and blend. Add to dry ingredients
all at once and stir just enough to give the mixture a rough
appearance. Add additional buttermilk if mixture seems too dry.
5. Pour into hot muffin pans and bake about 20 minutes, or until
lightly browned. Serve hot with plentyof soft butter and any homemade
jelly or jam.
Servings: 12
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