Ozark Skillet Cornbread

Ingredients

• 250g yellow cornmeal
• 60g flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 400ml buttermilk ⇄
• 4 tbsp bacon fat or butter

Equipment

Skillet

Allergen screen

Found: gluten · dairy · egg

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Method

1. Put the bacon fat in a cast-iron skillet and heat it in a 220C oven until smoking.
2. Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
3. Beat in the eggs and buttermilk quickly to a loose batter.
4. Pour the batter into the screaming-hot fat, it should sizzle hard, and return to the oven.
5. Bake 20-25 min until the top is gold and the edges are crisp. Turn out and serve hot with butter. 25 min