Southern Corn Bread

Ingredients

1 cup flour
4 tablespoons Royal Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup corn meal
1 and 1/2 cups whole milk
4 tablespoons melted butter

Directions

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar & salt together.
Add 1 cup corn meal.
Beat egg in cup and add beaten egg and 1 and 1/2 cups whole milk to make a batter. Stir well.
Add melted shortening and beat until light and thoroughly mixed.
Pour into greased shallow pan or greased muffin rings.
Bake in hot oven at 425 degrees F for 25 minutes.
Cut into squares if cooked in shallow pan.

After my mother-in-law Marjorie Anderson died, Beth and I found this recipe written on the "extra recipes" page in a local cookbook in her cupboard. This was published by The Episcopal Churchwomen, Church of Ascension, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.