Old Fashioned Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 c. stone ground cornmeal
1/2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. shortening
2 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. flour

Preparation

Put sugar, salt, soda and baking powder in a bowl and add buttermilk.
Stir well, then add cornmeal and flour alternately. Melt shortening in iron skillet and add to mixture.
Sprinkle a little cornmeal in iron skillet.
Heat pan and pour mixture into hot pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 to 60 minutes.