Ingredients

  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ⅓ cup canola oil
  • Butter, as needed

Yield

Serves: 8 to 10

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400˚F. Grease a 9-inch cast-iron pan with butter. 

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients, then stir into the dry ingredients until smooth.  

Pour the batter into a cast-iron pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.