Pa's Old-fashioned Johnny Cake / Cornbread

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 27 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cornmeal, yellow
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425; grease a 13x9 pan.
• 2 add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, stir through, make a well in the center.
• 3 in another bowl, add eggs, milk, and oil all at once; blend well.
• 4 add wet to dry ingredients, stir until moistened (don't over-mix or you'll be sorry!).
• 5 fold in optional ingredients. sausage should be in crumbles or bite-size pieces.
• 6 pour into prepared pan; rap pan on counter-top several times to bounce out the air-bubbles.
• 7 bake for 25-30 minutes--top will be golden-brown.
• 8 serve with butter and maple syrup.
• 9 option #1: add 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese.
• 10 option #2: add 1/2 - 1 cup of sweet corn (plain kernels); adds a neat "chewy" texture to the 'cake.'
• 11 option #3: add 6 hard-boiled, chopped eggs.
• 12 option #4: add 1 pound fried & drained lamb sausage (crumbled) or links (bite-size).
• 13 time-saving hint: gather a handful of 1-quart zipper bags, fill with dry ingredients, and store in your cupboard. at meal-time, add wet ingredients as described.