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Civil War Recipes - Confederate Shortbread
Wheat flour is quite scarce in the South right now so soldiers bake bread from available ingredients such as white cornmeal. Try to find white cornmeal to make this a bit more authentically Confederate. Although this recipe uses baking powder to make the cornbread fluffier, Confederate soldiers do not have baking powder.
Ingredients:
- 1 TB butter
- 2 cups white cornmeal (not self-rising)
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup oil
First, heat up the oven. Grease the 9" square baking pan with the butter. Combine the cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In a small bowl whip the eggs with a fork and combine with the milk and oil. Stirring only until all the dry ingredients are wet, add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and then pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.
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