Cornbread, Tasha Tudor Cookbook

Preheat oven to 400º

Grease a large skillet with butter

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

  • 2/3 cup sugar

  • 2 farm-fresh eggs, at room temperature, separated into whites and yolks

  • 1 cup unbleached flour

  • 3 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup milk, lukewarm

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal

Steps:

  1. In a small bowl:

    1. Sift together flour + baking powder + salt + corn meal; mix well

  2. In a large mixing bowl:

    1. Cream butter and sugar

    2. Mix egg yolks in

    3. Stir in flour mix, alternating with adding the milk

  3. In a separate bowl:

    1. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form

  4. Fold egg whites into batter

  5. Pour batter into the prepared skillet

  6. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes until browned