Budget Cornbread And Honey Butter

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2/3 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/8 cups milk (for best results use whole milk. i tried using 2% once. this is better with whole milk.)
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/8 cup honey

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, prepare honey butter by whipping butter and honey with a mixer at high speed until well incorporated, smooth and fluffy. refrigerate until 1 hour before serving. (note: you can also make just before serving but i like to let the flavors go through).
• 2 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 3 grease an 8â€?x8â€? baking dish.
• 4 in medium bowl combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar and salt.
• 5 with a pastry cutter or two knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 6 add the milk and egg. using a wooden spoon, mix only until all the ingredients are well combined. batter will not be as smooth as what you may be used to. do not over mix.
• 7 pour the batter into greased 8â€?x8â€? baking dish.
• 8 bake for 25-30 minutes or until top is golden brown.
• 9 place baking dish on cooling rack and let cool slightly before cutting.
• 10 using a sharp knife, cut into 9 equal pieces.
• 11 serve with honey butter if desired.