Saturday, November 19, 2016

Thanksgiving Is Coming!




I love Autumn. I know I’ve said that before…many times. One of the best things about Autumn is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. The gathering of family and friends, the food, the tryptophan, and football playing on TV in the background ~ makes me remember many, many years of happy Thanksgivings. 


Traditionally, of course, we expect turkey and stuffing and gravy and cranberries, but what else? Is there some dish that you always make for Thanksgiving and rarely have any other time during the year? Mine is Spoon Bread. 

I love Spoon Bread. It’s simple and it’s bread and you put lots of butter on it and eat it with a fork (or spoon, if you prefer). I use my grandmother’s recipe (and who knows how many generations before her). It’s very simple and basic, but it’s easy and good, and I’m sharing it with you in case you don’t already have your own:

Spoon Bread

·        Put one cup of white corn meal in a glass or metal bowl.
·        Pour two cups of boiling water over the white corn meal.
·        Beat in the following ingredients (which you should already have handy so it goes quickly):
o   One cup milk
o   One-half teaspoon salt
o   Three teaspoons baking powder
o   Two tablespoons softened butter (take the stick out the night before so it softens)
o   Four eggs, well-beaten.
·        Pour the hand-beaten mixture into a buttered two-quart baking dish.
·        Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees for twenty to twenty-five minutes. The top and edges should be golden brown.
·        Enjoy.

What is your special dish? The one you yearn for on special holidays? Share if you will (I know some old family recipes are Top Secret!). And have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Grace Greene is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of women’s fiction and contemporary romance set in the rolling hills and forests of her native Virginia (Kincaid’s Hope, Cub Creek) and the breezy beaches of Emerald Isle, North Carolina (Beach Rental, Beach Winds). Her debut novel, Beach Rental, and the sequel, Beach Winds, were both Top Picks by RT Book Reviews magazine. She is the also the author of The Happiness in Between (release date: January 31, 2017), a standalone also set in Cub Creek. For more about the author and her books, visit www.gracegreene.com or connect with her on Twitter at @Grace_Greene and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GraceGreeneBooks.





6 comments:

  1. Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing your legacy recipe!

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  2. Looks like a delicious and easy recipe, Grace. Thanks for sharing.
    My favorite food for Thanksgiving is all the sides...the more calories, the better. :)

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    1. hi, Josie ~ It always seems to me we should have more eating capacity on that one day each year. I fill up too quickly!

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  4. Spoon Bread sounds delicious, like cornbread with a twist.

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