Tennessee Mud Recipes

Steps:

• Pour into a coffee mug and garnish with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Prepare Corn Bread: Heat oven to 350°.
• Put butter in 9x5x2 inch loaf pan.
• Place in oven to let butter melt.
• Meanwhile, sift together in large bowl cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add buttermilk and egg to cornmeal-flour mixture.
• Remove loaf pan from oven and pour hot melted butter into cornmeal mixture.
• Set loaf pan aside to cool.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix corn bread batter only until all dry ingredients are moistened.
• Thoroughly grease the inside of the cooled loaf pan with solid vegetable shortening.
• This corn bread can stick to the pan so be SURE YOU GREASE THE PAN VERY HEAVILY.
• If possible, use a pan with a nonstick finish.
• Pour bread batter into prepared pan and put it on the center rack of the preheated oven.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Bread should be very light golden brown.
• Remove pan from oven and immediately turn bread out onto a breadboard.
• Let cool about 5 minute.
• and cut into thick slices.
• Serve with plenty of butter or honey butter (makes 1 loaf of bread).