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Ingredients
- 2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup cracklins, broken into pieces*
- 2 tablespoons shortening
Method
- *Cook's Note: Cracklins are little pieces of pork fat, fatty meats, or ham skin which are left crisp and brown after the lard or fat has been rendered from them.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Add milk and stir to combine.
- Fold in cracklins.
- Form batter into oblong cakes the size you desire and then roll in shortening.
- Bake in a greased baking dish for 30 minutes.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
