Spoon Bread

Name: Spoon Bread
Ingredients: 1 cup water-ground white cornmeal; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1/3 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder; 3 medium-sized eggs, beaten; 3 tablespoons butter; 2 cups buttermilk; 18 x 8x 2-inch baking pan, or a 1 1/2-quart souffle dish

9 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 cup water-ground white cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/3 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
3 medium-sized eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons butter
2 cups buttermilk
18 x 8x 2-inch baking pan, or a 1 1/2-quart souffle dish

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400.
2

Silt the cornmeal, salt, sugar, soda, and baking powder together into a mixing bowl.
3

Make a well in the center and add the beaten eggs.
4

At this time put the butter in the baking pan and set it in the oven to heat.
5

Stir the eggs into the meal vigorously, then pour in the buttermilk, stirring well again.
6

Remove the hot pan from the oven and tilt it around to butter the entire surface.
7

Pour the excess butter into the meal batter, stir quickly, and pour the batter into the hot baking dish.
8

Bake for 35 minutes in a 400 oven.
9

Serve in the pan right from the oven with loads of fresh butter.