COUNTRY FAIR CORN STICKS

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup salad oil
1/2 medium red bell pepper, diced
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 (8 1/2 to 8 3/4 ounce) can cream-style corn
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease well 14 corn stick molds. Place molds in preheating oven while preparing batter.

In large bowl mix together first 5 ingredients.

In small skillet over medium heat in hot salad oil cook red pepper and green onion until tender. Remove skillet from heat. Stir in corn, milk and then egg until mixed. Stir into dry ingredients until just blended. Spoon batter in to preheated corn stick molds. Batter will fill molds completely.

Bake 15 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool corn sticks in molds on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from molds and serve warm.

Makes 14
Source: Good Housekeeping magazine