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!
::-::-::-::
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
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Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing your legacy recipe!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debbie! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
DeleteLooks like a delicious and easy recipe, Grace. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite food for Thanksgiving is all the sides...the more calories, the better. :)
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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ReplyDeleteSpoon Bread sounds delicious, like cornbread with a twist.
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