Skillet Cornbread (made with bacon fat)

This recipe uses two things we usually throw away-- bacon fat and spoiled milk. Have you ever baked with bacon fat? It gives everything the most lovely and subtle smack of bacon.

Ingredients
For the Cornbread
1/3 cup bacon fat + more for greasing your skillet, room temperature
1 egg, room temperature
1 cup spoiled milk or buttermilk, room temperature
1 cup corn meal
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Topping
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

How To
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Smear your cast iron skillet with bacon fat and pop it in the oven. Mix the wet ingredients together. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet, then pour the batter into the warmed cast iron skillet. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and salt.

Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. If you like your topping a little more crunchy, use the broiler to brown the top. Serve warm with butter and honey.