Dutch Oven Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. self-rising cornmeal
2 c. buttermilk
3 eggs
1/4 c. all-purpose shortening
1/2 c. cracklins (if available)

Preparation

Prepare a
good bed of live hardwood coals.
Heat Dutch oven and
melt
1/4
cup all-purpose shortening.
Break 2 eggs into clean mixing
bowl.
Add 2 cups buttermilk and beat until eggs are thoroughly\tmixed with milk.
Reserve small amount of cornmeal. Add remaining
3
cups
cornmeal to mixture and mix until smooth. Stir
in
cracklins.
Remove
melted shortening from Dutch oven and
pour
into
mixture and stir thoroughly. Sprinkle small quantity
of
dry
cornmeal into greased Dutch oven, then pour batter
into
Dutch oven.
Place lid on Dutch oven and place
on bed
of coals large enough to cover entire bottom of cooker. Shovel
layer
of
live coals on Dutch oven lid and allow to cook 1 hour.