Southern-Style Corn Sticks or Muffins

Name: Southern-Style Corn Sticks or Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 corn sticks or 6 muffins
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup, yellow cornmeal, preferably stone ground; 2 teaspoons, granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/3 cup, water (rapidly boiling); 3/4 cup, buttermilk; 1 , large egg, beaten lightly; 4 teaspoons, bacon drippings or 4 teaspoons vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

Desserts or Baked Goods

Southern

Quick Breads

SERVESMakes 12 corn sticks or 6 muffins

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wondered if our Southern-style cornbread recipe (white cornmeal and no flour or sugar) might have something to learn from our Northern-style cornbread recipe (yellow cornmeal, fair to generous portions of flour and sugar). Combining the ...

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