Iron Skillet Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c shortening
2 c yellow corn meal
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 T sugar or 2 packages Sweet & Low
1 1/3 c boiling water
1 c buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 T baking powder

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0.
Put shortening in 9 inch iron skillet. Heat in oven because skillet must be very hot when batter is put into it.
Mix corn meal, salt, soda and sugar in bowl.
Add boiling water to coat the meal (improves texture).
Add buttermilk, eggs and baking powder.
Mix well.
Remove hot skillet from oven, pour excess melted fat into batter, mix again quickly and pour batter into hot pan.
Bake 20-25 minutes.
Brown top quickly under broiler.