Grandma Griffin’s Corn Bread

Original Recipe from:  Great-Grandma Griffin

Great Grandma Griffin was my mother’s grandmother.  I met her when I was 5 years old.  A meeting I will always remember as she died just a few years later at 93 years old.  From the stories I have heard, she was an awesome cook, and I believe it as she raised women who knew their way around a kitchen.  As far as I know this is the only Corn Bread recipe my grandmother ever made.  It is also the first recipe I ever copied; you might say it is the recipe that started my collection.  From my family to yours, I hope you….Enjoy!

Ingredients

2 cups Corn Meal

1-1/2 cups Buttermilk

1/2 cup Crisco (a little more if you like)

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

1/2 cup Sugar (a little less if you like)

2 Eggs

Directions

Mix well:  Corn Meal, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, and Salt.

In a separate bowl beat the Eggs and add the Butter Milk.  Add liquids to the Corn Meal mixture.  Then add the Crisco and mix, but do not over-mix. 

Pour into a greased pan or skillet and bake at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until brown.  Note:  My grandmother always used an iron skillet, but a baking pan will work just fine.