Mamaw's Cornbread

So today I made up a batch of my Mamaw's cornbread. I never had the pleasure of meeting her, she was my mother's grandmother, was 1/2 Native American, and died a long, long, time ago. When my mom would spend summers with her, she had to use an outhouse, ok? Long time ago. Anyway, this recipe is for the cornbread that we have been eating for as long as I can remember and it's what we use at Thanksgiving to make Cornbread Dressing. I'm going to make the dressing tomorrow.

Mamaw's Cornbread

1 cup yellow cornmeal (not self-rising)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbs Sugar
3 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup of milk or buttermilk
1/2 CUP of butter, melted
2 eggs beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Sift together the first five ingredients. Set aside.

Blend together the milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla then add them to the dry ingredients. Stir until well combined. Pour into a greased 10" iron skillet and then place in the 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Here is a photo of the batter:



Doesn't it look pretty? :)

Here it is in the skillet:



You could use a pie pan if you don't have a skillet but keep an eye on it in the oven because I don't know how that would affect the cooking time.

Here it is when it came out of the oven:



Now I will leave it on the counter overnight to dry out in order for me to use it in the dressing tomorrow. If you make it, please let me know how it turns out!

Enjoy!