Annie Mae Jones' Cornmeal Muffins

Title:
Annie Mae Jones' Cornmeal Muffins

Yield:
12 Servings

Categories:
Bread,
Muffins




Ingredients:





     2 c  Cornmeal,sifted*


   3/4 ts Baking soda


   1/2 ts Salt


     1    Egg


 1 1/2 c  Buttermilk


 1 1/2 tb Lard or vegetable shortening


 1 1/2 tb Butter






 1. Preheat oven to 400'F.


 


 2. Grease 2 6-cup muffin tins with vegetable shortening or lard. Place in


 oven to heat.


 


 3. Sift cornmeal, soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.


 


 4. Beat egg with buttermilk. Heat shortening with butter until melted; add


 to egg and buttermilk and blend. Add to dry ingredients all at once and


 stir just enough to give the mixture a rough appearance. Add additional


 buttermilk if mixture seems too dry.


 


 5. Pour into hot muffin pans and bake about 20 minutes, or until lightly


 browned. Serve hot with plentyof soft butter and any homemade jelly or jam.


 


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