- 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- Preheat oven to 425°F. and grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
- In a bowl whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl whisk together milk, egg, and butter and add to cornmeal mixture, stirring only until just combined.
- Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until pale golden and a tester comes out clean.
- Cool corn bread in pan on a rack 5 minutes. Invert corn bread onto rack and cool completely.
- Crumble corn bread coarse into a large shallow baking pan. Let corn bread stand at room temperature until stale, at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Toast corn bread in middle of oven, stirring occasionally, until dried and golden, about 30 minutes.