Easy Mexican Corn Bread - Baking At Home

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp. plus ¼ C. Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil; divided
• 1 tsp. plus ¾ C. yellow corn meal; divided
• 1 ¼ C. all-purpose flour
• ¼ C. granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
• ½ tsp. salt (optional)
• 1 C. milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 11 oz. can Mexicorn (corn with green and red peppers)
• 1 ½ C. grated Colby jack cheese; divided
• ⅓ C. jalapeno peppers (mild or hot), sliced
• 4 oz cream cheese