Erica's Cornbread

Ingredients:

2 C. Yellow Cornmeal

1.5 C. AP Flour

2 tsp Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 C full fat buttermilk

3 eggs

1/3 C. melted lard or bacon fat, divided

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 425.

Heat bacon fat in 12” cast iron skillet.

Mix dry ingredients together.

Mix wet ingredients together (except melted fat).

Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Add 1/2 melted fat.

Pour batter into hot skillet with remaining fat — batter should sizzle when it hits the fat.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.