Dr. maggies's old fashioned spoon bread

 
                  Dr. Maggies's Old Fashioned Spoon Bread
 
 Recipe By     : Dr. Margaret B. Ballard, M.D.*
 Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:35
 Categories    : Breads - Quick                   Post To Bake-Shoppe
                 Side Dishes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      Pt            Sweet Milk
    1      C             Cornmeal -- sifted
    1 1/2  Tbsp          Sugar
      1/2  Tsp           Salt
    1      Tbsp          Butter (Do Not Substitute Margarine) -- heaping
 tbs.
    3                    Eggs -- separated
 
 Scald the milk and slowly add the cornmeal, sugar and salt.  Cook untill
 it "puffs," stirring constantly.  Set off the stove and add the butter.
 Allow to cool for 3 minutes. Stir in well-beaten egg yolks.  Fold in the
 stiffly beaten egg whites.  Bake in a dish heavily greased with cooking
 oil until it brown and cracks near the edges, about 50 minutes at 350°
 .  The bread will "fall" when removed from the oven, so eat immediately
 with plenty of butter.
 
 Serves 4
 
 
 *Biographical Note:
 
 Dr. Margaret B. Ballard was in private medical practice in Baltimore,
 MD, for nearly forty years and taught obstetrics and gynecology at the
 University of Maryland School of Medicine.  Now retired from medical
 practice, Dr. Ballard has returned to her native Monroe County,  WV,
 where she in engaged in genealogical and historical research.  In
 addition to her research activities, Dr. Ballard markets in considerable
 quantity her home-made soap which she makes in a cast iron kettle.
 
 Source:  "Mountain Measures" --Junior League of Charleston, WV
 ed.  1974
 
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