Plains Special Spoon Bread

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Title: Plains Special Spoon Bread
Categories: Breads
Yield: 8 Servings

1.00 tb Butter
1.00 c Cornmeal,white,stone-ground
1.00 ts Salt
2.00 ts Sugar
2.00 c Water,boiling
1.00 c Milk,at room temperature
3.00 Eggs
3.00 tb Butter,melted
1.00 ts Baking powder

1. Place the 1 tablespoon butter in a 2- or 2-1/2-quart nonmetal deep
baking dish and place dish in oven. Set oven temperature to 400'F.

2. In a saucepan combine cornmeal, salt, sugar, and boiling water.
Cook, stirring over low heat, until thick and smooth. Remove from
heat and slowly add milk, stirring. Add eggs one at a time, beating
well after each addition. Stir in melted butter and baking powder and
beat until batter is well blended.

3. Remove heated baking dish from oven and rotate to distribute
butter
evenly over bottom and sides. Pour in batter and bake in preheated
oven until firm, about
45 minutes.

4. Serve hot from the baking dish.

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