This cornbread would give my grandmother the vapors. It is sweet (which I love — don’t tell her), which makes it Yankee Cornbread. I actually cut the sugar some, and it’s still fabulously sweet without being, you know, a cake. I also cut the recipe in half which made a great size (an 8 inch skillet) for us.

The recipe is originally from Disney’s Trail’s End, but I found it linked here.

Trail’s End cornbread

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. cornmeal
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup butter or bacon grease

Instructions

1. Preheat oven AND SKILLET to 375F
2. Mix together cornmeal, sugar, salt, baking powder, and flour with a fork
3. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add in milk and egg; beat egg with fork, then stir to combine all ingredients
4. Remove hot skillet from oven and add butter or bacon grease (carefully! It will sizzle) to skillet, swirling around till it melts and coats the pan
5. Pour excess butter/bacon grease into cornbread mixture, stir quickly to combine, then pour back into hot skillet and slide it into the oven
6. Bake until lightly browned on top, about 20 minutes