Ladd Springs

by Dianne Venetta

  Delaney’s Southern Cornbread

  2 cups yellow cornmeal

  2 cups buttermilk

  3 TBSP melted bacon drippings, extra to grease pan

  1 egg

  1 tsp baking soda

  1/2 tsp salt

  1/4 cup vanilla pudding mix (optional ~ to add moisture)

  2 TBSP sugar (optional ~ for the sweet tooth!)

  Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease bottom and sides of 10” cast iron skillet with bacon fat. For crispier crust, pre-heat skillet for 10 minutes before adding batter. Mix all ingredients above together and pour into greased pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

  Serve warm. 8 servings.