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Ingredients

• 1 c. yellow corn meal

• 1/4 tsp. salt

• 1/2 c. molasses (light)

• 1/4 tsp. baking soda

• 1/2 c. sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1/4 c. butter or margarine

• 1 1/2 qt. hot milk

Method

1. Mix all ingredients with 1/2 of hot milk and bake in very hot oven until it boils.

2. Stir well and add the remaining hot milk.

3. Bake in slow oven for 5 hours or more.

4. Bake in greased dish and stir down at intervals.

Notes

• The secret of this recipe lies in very slow cooking.

• Top with vanilla ice cream.

Courtesy of Candy Lee Metz Beal, House of Lancaster Cookery Book, 1986