Buttermilk Cornbread

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 butter bottom and sides of a 10 inch cast iron skillet or 9x9 inch baking pan.
• 3 mix first 6 ingredients in a food processor.
• 4 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 5 beat buttermilk, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl.
• 6 add milk mixture to dry ingredients and process until just blended.
• 7 transfer to prepared pan.
• 8 bake about 30 minutes, until golden on top and tester comes out clean when inserted into center.
• 9 cool in pan on rack.