Bacon Sweet Potato Cornbread
- 5 slices bacon
- 1 1/4 cups cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Cook and stir bacon in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Remove and chop bacon, leaving 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings in skillet.
- Whisk cornmeal, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Stir sweet potato, buttermilk, and eggs together in a separate bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir sweet potato mixture into dry ingredients and mix chopped bacon into batter. Pour batter into the cast-iron skillet.
- Bake corn bread in the preheated oven until browned and bread feels firm to the touch, about 30 minutes. Turn corn bread onto a serving plate and cut into wedges for serving.
bacon, cornmeal, salt, baking soda, buttermilk, eggs
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230215/bacon-sweet-potato-cornbread/ (may not work)