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Corn Bread

1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour (can be part whole wheat)
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 cup dry milk (optional)
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil or melted shortening or margarine or bacon grease

Preheat oven to 400.

Mix together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, and dry milk. In a small bowl or measuring pitcher, mix together eggs, milk, and melted shortening. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until moistened.

Pour into a greased 9x9 pan and bake 25 minutes.

Options: Pour into muffin tins instead.

This can also be made with buttermilk but reduce the baking powder to 2 tsp. and add 1 tsp. baking soda.

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