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Ailey's Southern Cornbread

Name: Ailey's Southern Cornbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal; 1 cup flour; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup melted butter

This cornbread recipe is inspired by Ailey's summers spent in her family's ancestral home in Chicasetta, where traditional Southern cooking connects her to her roots.

Prep: 15 minutesCook: 25 minutesServes 8 servingsEasy

Ingredients

1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted butter

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 375F.
2
Mix dry ingredients.
3
Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
4
Pour into a greased skillet and bake for 25 minutes.

Serve this main while discussing the book to spark conversations about the themes it connects to. Consider preparing it together as a group activity before your discussion begins!