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Sweet Milk Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread from scratch is super easy and is delicious with just about anything, but especially with soups, chili, and the like.
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup bacon drippings (or the same amount of a vegetable oil)
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • In oven, heat drippings in 9” skillet until sizzling hot.
  • Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk eggs and milk until incorporated.
  • In a large bowl, add cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until blended.
  • Pour drippings from skillet into cornbread mixture and mix well. The drippings should sizzle when they hit the batter. Pour batter into skillet.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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