Thornton Cornbread

Ingredients

• 3 T cooking oil or shortening
• 1 cup corn meal
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 t salt
• 3 t baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• Small hunk of unsalted butter, melted
• If you use buttermilk instead of regular milk, you'll probably have to add some add'l regular milk until it looks right.