Corn Bread  US Copy write # TXu 1-354-553

This is the base for Cornbread Dressing

8 inch                  cast iron skillet (optional)

1 Cup                   Yellow Corn Meal

1 cup                    All Purpose Flour

1 tsp.                    Salt

1 tbsp.                  Olive Oil

2 tbsp.                  Baking Powder

2                          Eggs

1/2 to 1 cup         Buttermilk (makes bread richer, less dry & is a natural preservative)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix all ingredients in mixing bowl and stir vigorously until most of the lumps are gone. Should be runny but not watery (see illustration below). Add more buttermilk if too dry. Spray skillet with Pam and pour Mixture in pan. Put on center rack in oven and bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Serves 5-10

Serve with lunch or dinner

Beans & Rice, Gumbo,

Corn Beef & Cabbage

Fish and anything you want to serve it with

Buttermilk, Milk

Vitamins

Corn Meal             A, B6, E, Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Selenium

Olive Oil               E, Polyphenols

Eggs                     A, B6, B12, D, Zinc

Iron Skillet           Iron Added

Flour                    B6, Selenium

Buttermilk            Active bacteria (the good kind that kills fungus), Calcium, D

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