Southern-Style Cornbread | America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons bacon drippings or 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal , preferably stone ground
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 cup water (rapidly boiling)
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg , beaten lightly