Spoon Bread
Makes 6 servings

Spoon bread should be cooked, but soft when you serve it and soft enough to be served with a spoon.

Prep Time: 10 min.
Baking Time: 35 min.

Ingredients

• 3 cups milk

• 1 cup white water-ground cornmeal

• 1-1/2 Tablespoons melted butter

• 3 eggs, beaten

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3 teaspoons baking powder

• 2 Tablespoons bacon drippings

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

1. Put two cups milk in saucepan, stir in cornmeal and salt and bring to a boil.  

2. Cook until thickened.

3. Put bacon drippings in 1-quart baking dish and put in the oven to heat baking dish.

4. Mix remaining cup of milk with eggs, baking powder, and 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter.

5. Mix mush and egg mixture, pour into hot dish and bake 30 to 35 minutes.  

6. Serve at once.

An e-mail:

Thanks!

Last night I had a hankering for good old comfort food and I had lost my Mom's recipe for spoon bread so I searched the Web.

I found yours and made it and I won't make "Mom's" recipe again even if I find it again. My 8-year-old son declared it to be "great".

--Deb