YANKEE JOHNNY CAKE

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon Arm & Hammer Brand or Cow Brand Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg, well beaten
3/4 cup sweet milk
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup melted shortening

Sift all dry ingredients together.

Mix well egg, milk, and vinegar. Add dry ingredients all at once, then melted shortening. Stir only until dry ingredients moistened. Pour into a greased 8x8x2-inch pan.

Bake at 400 degrees F. (moderately hot oven) for 30 to 35 minutes.

Makes 1 (8x8x2-inch) loaf
Source:
Recipe Booklet - New Fashioned Old Fashioned Recipes, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., 1949