Baked Cornmeal Spoon Bread With Bacon Fat

Ingredients

• 1 cup white cornmeal
• 2 cups boiling water
• ½ cup bacon fat or drippings
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 slice bread
• ½ cup cold water
• 1 cup milk

Method

1. 1 Scald cornmeal with boiling water.
2. 2 Soak bread in cold water and milk.
3. 3 Separate yolks and whites of eggs. Beat each until light.
4. 4 Mix ingredients in order given, folding in whites of eggs last.
5. 5 Bake in buttered dish in hot oven (425°F) for 50 minutes.