White House Corn Bread

Ingredients

2 cups of sifted meal
1/2 cup of flour
2 cups of sour milk
2 well-beaten eggs
1/2 cup of molasses or sugar
1 teaspoonful of salt
2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter

Directions

Mix the meal and flour smoothly and gradually with the milk, then the butter, molasses and salt, then the beaten eggs, and lastly dissolve a level tea-spoonful of baking soda in a little milk and beat thoroughly together. Bake nearly an hour in well-buttered tins, not very shallow.