Southern White Cornbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups white cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0; grease an 8\"x4\"x3\" nonstick loaf pan with the shortening, leaving excess in the pan and place in oven.
Sift together sugar, flour, cornmeal and salt; mix buttermilk and baking soda; stir into cornmeal mixture and mix well; add melted shortening from loaf pan and mix well.
Pour the mixture into the hot loaf pan and bake 50-60 minutes until golden brown and toothpick tests clean; cool on wire rack.