True Grit Skillet Corn Bread

Corn bread was often cooked in a heavy skillet placed directly onto hot coals. The cook produced an oven like heat, when they covered the skillet with a lid onto which they heaped hot coals.

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 1  cup cornmeal
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  cups buttermilk
• 2  eggs, lightly beaten
• 2  Tablespoon cooking oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425° F.  Grease heavy skillet.

1) In a large mixing bowl, add the cornmeal, baking soda, and salt. Mix.

2) Add the buttermilk, eggs, and cooking oil. Blend.

3) Pour into skillet and bake 20 minutes or until done.

Did You Know?
The Allen Ranch, or Sam Allen Ranch, was one of the first and longest running ranches in the history of the state of Texas in the United States. The ranch was started a few years after the Texas Revolution in what is now southeast Houston and Pasadena. The ranch itself extended from Clear Lake to Harrisburg (in modern east Houston). The cattle range covered much of southeast Harris County and Galveston County covering many of the modern communities around Galveston Bay.