Skillet Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 strips bacon
1 large egg
2 c. buttermilk
1 3/4 c. cornmeal
1 scant tsp. baking soda
1 scant tsp. baking powder
1 scant tsp. salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0.
Brown bacon in a cast-iron skillet. Leave 2 teaspoons of bacon grease in skillet and put it in the oven as it preheats.
Mix eggs, buttermilk and cornmeal to form a thin batter.
Add baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Pour batter into hot skillet.
Return skillet to oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes until cornbread begins to brown on top.
Turn out of the loaf by inverting the skillet over a large plate and serve hot.