From the Fannie Farmer Cookbook (1965 edition). Fannie says you can use butter, bacon fat, chicken fat, or beef drippings for the shortening, but I usually use canola oil.

Ingredients

8 serv.

cornmeal↗3⁄4 cup
flour↗1 cup
sugar↗1⁄3 cup
baking powder (1 t baking soda plus 2 t cream of tartar for richer version)↗3 teaspoons
salt↗3⁄4 teaspoon
milk (or 1 c yogurt plus 1/4 c milk for richer version)↗1 cup
egg, well beaten↗1
shortening, melted (or 2 T canola oil)↗2 tablespoons

Step-by-step instructions

1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease an 8" square baking dish.
2
Sift dry ingredients together.
3
Combine wet ingredients and gently mix into dry mixture.
4
Spoon into baking dish and bake 20 minutes.

Source: food.com

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