Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. cornmeal
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2-3 Tbsp. sugar (optional)
1 egg slightly beaten
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven 400\u00b0.
Cover bottom of 8 x 2-inch iron skillet with oil.
Set on stove burner and get smoking hot.
Put dry ingredients into a small bowl.
Add egg and oil, stir well; pour into hot skillet with oil.
Place in oven.
Bake 15 minutes.
No real southerner would use sugar in cornbread but some prefer it.