Title: Corn Sticks or Corn Bread
Categories: Breads
Yield: 6 servings
1 tb Bacon drippings or vegetable
-shortening
2 c Finely ground white or
-yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 c Buttermilk or 1 percent milk
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Grease 2 corn stick pans or a 10-inch cast iron skillet with bacon
drippings. For crisp crust, heat greased pans 5 to 10 minutes in
preheated oven, or until batter sizzles when it hits the pan.
Meanwhile, stir cornmeal and baking powder with soda in mixing bowl.
Beat eggs with buttermilk and stir into dry ingredients. Spoon batter
into hot corn stick pans or skillet, and bake 15 to 20 minutes for
corn sticks; 25 to 30 minutes for corn bread; or until browned and
pulling from sides of pan. Serve immediately.
Per corn stick: 105 calories, 3 grams protein, 17 grams carbohydrate,
2 grams fat, 33 milligrams cholesterol, 87 milligrams sodium.
Francis Price writing in the Oregonian's FOODday, 1/12/93.
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