Recipe: Spoonbread

Spoonbread

3 cups milk
1 cup cornmeal
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons fat or oil
3 eggs

Mix milk, cornmeal, salt and fat or oil in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened.

Beat eggs in large bowl. Slowly pour and stir cornmeal mixture into eggs. Pour batter in a greased 9- by 9- by 2-inch baking pan.

Bake at 400 degrees F (hot oven) 35 to 40 minutes until top of spoonbread is firm. Serve at once.

Makes 6 servings, 2/3 cup each
Source: University of Missouri Extension