Title: Annie mae jones' cornmeal muffins
 Categories: Breads, Muffins
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      2 c  Cornmeal,sifted*
    3/4 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1    Egg
  1 1/2 c  Buttermilk
  1 1/2 tb Lard or vegetable shortening
  1 1/2 tb Butter
 
  1. Preheat oven to 400'F.
  
  2. Grease 2 6-cup muffin tins with vegetable shortening or lard.
  Place in oven to heat.
  
  3. Sift cornmeal, soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.
  
  4. Beat egg with buttermilk. Heat shortening with butter until
  melted; add to egg and buttermilk and blend. Add to dry ingredients
  all at once and stir just enough to give the mixture a rough
  appearance. Add additional buttermilk if mixture seems too dry.
  
  5. Pour into hot muffin pans and bake about 20 minutes, or until
  lightly browned. Serve hot with plentyof soft butter and any homemade
  jelly or jam.