PLANTATION SPOON BREAD

4 cups milk                                                              3 eggs
1 cup white cornmeal                                               1 tsp melted butter
1 tsp salt                                                                    2 tsp baking powder

Hat 2 cups milk to boiling point. Add meal, which has been sifted with the salt, slowly, stirring constantly until thick.  Remove from heat, cool to lukewarm and add slowly to well-beaten eggs. Add butter and other 2 cups milk. Sprinkle baking powder over top quickly and stir in. Pour batter into greased casserole (about 10" in diameter by 3" in depth) and bake 55 to 60 minutes in 350* oven until browned. 

Recipes from the Old South