Corn bread is one of those ridiculously tasty foods that’s ridiculously easy to make. This recipe comes down from the boyfriend’s grandmother.

All the dry ingredients—flour, corn meal, sugar, salt—get mixed together.

Then the liquids get whisked in thoroughly to make what amounts to a thick liquid.

Corn bread often gets baked in a cast iron frying pan, but as lack one I baked my corn bread in a 9×9″ baking dish.

Perfect: a bit sweet, a nice crumb with an even browned “crust”. Who says good things have to be complicated?

Old Fashioned Corn Bread (courtesy the McCartney family)

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup corn meal
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup oil

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Grease a cast iron skillet or a 9×9″ baking pan and place it in the oven.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt thoroughly.
3. Combine egg, milk and oil in a small bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry and whisk to combine thoroughly.
4. Pour into heated pan and bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.