Southern Cornbread

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 1 2/3 cups yellow cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 ¾ cups milk
• ½ cup canola oil

Instructions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs and stir in the milk and oil. Stir the milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until it is mixed.
2. 2
   Pour the cornbread batter into a lightly greased 9- by 13- inch baking pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cornbread comes out clean. Remove the cornbread from the oven and set it aside to cool. Cornbread may be made 1 or 2 days ahead.