Crackling Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. cornmeal
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/3 c. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. buttermilk
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 c. milk
8 Tbsp. (1 stick) sweet butter
1/3 c. granulated sugar
2 pkg. active dry yeast
4 eggs (at room temperature)
2 tsp. salt
6 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 c. cornmeal
1 Tbsp. cold water
poppy seed

Preparation

Bring milk, 6 tablespoons of the butter and the sugar to a boil together in a medium-size saucepan.
Remove from heat.
Pour into a large mixing bowl and let cool to lukewarm (105\u00b0 to 115\u00b0). Stir yeast into the milk mixture and let stand for 10 minutes. Beat 3 of the eggs well in a small bowl and stir them and the salt into the milk-and-yeast mixture.
Stir in 5 cups of the flour, one cup at a time, until you achieve a sticky dough.