Sweet Cornmeal Corn Toasties

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk, at room temperature
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup crisco, melted (do not use vegetable oil)
• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons dried oranges or 2 tablespoons lemons, rind of (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 combine milk, eggs, melted crisco and honey in a large bowl.
• 3 place cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large sifter; sift the dry ingredients into the milk mixture.
• 4 add dried peel, if used.
• 5 stir until just blended.
• 6 spray sides and bottom of muffin-top pans with a vegetable cooking spray.
• 7 pour a little less than 1/4-cup of the mixture into each well of the pan.
• 8 do not ladle too much of the batter into the wells or they will be too thick to fit into the toaster.
• 9 bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 375°.
• 10 remove the corn toasties from the pan and place on paper towels to drain.
• 11 pop into a toaster when ready to serve.