Recipe - Annie Mae Jones Cornmeal Muffins

2 cup Cornmeal,sifted*
Three fourths teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
1 One half cup Buttermilk
1 One half tablespoon Lard or vegetable shortening
1 One half tablespoon Butter

1. Preheat oven to 400'F.

2. Grease 2 6cup muffin tins with vegetable shortening or lard. Place in
oven to heat.

3. Sift cornmeal, soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.

4. Beat egg with buttermilk. Heat shortening with butter until melted; add
to egg and buttermilk and blend. Add to dry ingredients all at once and
stir just enough to give the mixture a rough appearance. Add additional
buttermilk if mixture seems too dry.

5. Pour into hot muffin pans and bake about 20 minutes, or until lightly
browned. Serve hot with plentyof soft butter and any homemade jelly or jam.

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