Texas Cornbread Mix in a Jar

Ingredients

Jar Materials

• 12 wide mouth pint (2 cup) canning jars with lids and rings
• 1/2 yard print cotton fabric
• 6 yards craft ribbon (for jars)

For 1 jar

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder

For 12 jars

• 12 cups yellow cornmeal
• 12 cups sifted flour
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 16 tablespoons baking powder

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix all dry ingredients.
2. To package in jars: Wash, rinse and thoroughly dry canning jars, lids and bands.
3. Pre-mix ingredients thoroughly before filling wide-mouth pint canning jars with 2 cups each of the finished mix. Layering ingredients for this recipe will require larger jars.
4. Place two cups Texas cornbread mix in each wide-mouth pint canning jar.
5. Cut twelve 7 inch circles from cotton fabric. Top each jar with fabric circle, and tie with ribbon.
6. Attach the following instructions on a gift tag:

Texas Cornbread

1 container (2 cups) Texas Cornbread Mix
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup soft shortening (Crisco)

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease one 8 inch square pan, or an 8 inch cast iron skillet, or cast iron cornbread mold.

Place cornbread mix into bowl, mix thoroughly. Add egg, milk and shortening. Hand-beat until smooth, about one minute. DO NOT OVER-BEAT!

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes for pan or skillet, 15 to 20 minutes for cornbread mold.