Southern Hot Milk Cornbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup fine cornmeal, sifted
• 1½ cups milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt

Method

1. 1 Scald the milk and pour it over the sifted cornmeal. Let it cool.
2. 2 Add the melted butter, salt, sugar, baking powder, and egg yolks. Stir quickly and thoroughly.
3. 3 Fold in the egg whites beaten to stiff peaks.
4. 4 Pour into a flat pan and bake in a hot oven (425°F) for 30 minutes.