At a friend of mine’s request, I’m adding a simple guide to making cornbread. It’s really not very hard, and it takes about 30 min.

• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¹⁄₃ cup sugar
• 2 ¹⁄₂ tsp baking powder
• ¹⁄₄ tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk (or vinegar milk – but buttermilk is better)
• 6 TBSP butter, melted

• 1 egg, slightly beaten

• Preheat oven to 400ËšF (204°C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square baking pan.

• Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl. Then stir in the butter. Next the buttermilk and egg and mix gently.

• Pour batter into the prepared pan, set on the middle rack of the oven, and bake for 25 minutes.

Cornbread is done when edges are lightly browned and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cut into 9 or 16 squares. You can also add bacon, though I usually don’t.