Description
This is a very old time recipe. My great grandparents used to eat this in a bowl with milk on it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ tablespoons shortening, melted
- 1 cup boiling milk
- 1 egg, separated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×9 inch baking pan.
- Sift cornmeal and flour together and spread thinly on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until lightly brown
- about 10 minutes. Let cool. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- In a large bowl
- combine cornmeal mixture
- salt
- sugar and baking powder. Pour in shortening and milk; stir to blend.
- In a separate large bowl
- beat egg white until stiff. In a third bowl
- beat egg yolk then fold into egg white. Gently stir flour mixture into beaten egg. Pour into prepared baking pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes
- until golden brown.
Prep Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 12