Make some Cracklin Bread the next time a loved one is having a bad day, just like Calpurnia did on Scout’s first day of school in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Have you heard the news?! A sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is on the way this summer! To say I am excited would be an understatement.
So, to celebrate I thought it was high time I tried to make one of the recipes in the book that I have always been interesting in trying. While Miss Maudie’s Lane Cake is definitely on my list of “food I want to try”, I would need a very special occasion to make a bourbon soaked cake.
Aside from making the cracklings, this recipe whips up quickly and easily like any cornbread.
Hope I did Calpurnia proud.
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Bacon and Cracklin’ Bread

Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons bacon grease
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup cracklings or bacon or combination of both
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a cast iron skilled, melt bacon grease over medium heat. Remove from heat.
- In a medium bowl add 2 cups cornmeal. Remove 2 tablespoons.
- Add baking powder and salt. Stir to combine.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients. Pour in buttermilk.
- Add eggs. Quickly whip eggs in the center of the well to break eggs then mix to combine all ingredients. Mixture should be about the consistency of pancake batter. Add extra buttermilk if needed.
- Add cracklings/bacon and stir.
- Add melted bacon grease and stir.
- Pour mixture into cast iron skillet. Bake at 450 until starting to turn brown, 20-25 minutes.
Notes
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Until next time, happy eating.
~Audrey
This looks delicious! I’m always saving my scraps of “this” and “that”, too! In fact, I just made a turkey casserole and used turkey skin for the topping. So, we are on the same “thought train” at the moment! As you said, “waste not, want not”! Love your idea and pinning to Pinterest!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Sounds amazing!
Hello Gorgeous! I love stopping by your amazing party each week. Thank you for hosting. Please take a moment to stop by our party. We would love to have the chance to party with you twice! Happy Thursday Lou Lou Girls
i am so excited about the sequel too!!! this looks so good and just gives me more reason to go buy a cast iron skillet!!! 🙂
Oh wow!! This bread looks amazing! If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you’d drop this (and anything else you’d like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove anything goes link party! You can find me here: http://picnicnz.blogspot.co.nz/
Wow! Coming from Australia I haven’t heard of this bread very often before but you had me at bacon. Then at crackle! Hahaha! Sounds so good and rather simple, I’ll give this a try. I wasn’t aware of the sequel for To Kill a Mockingbird, I’ll keep my eye out for it. It has been years since I have read this book but it had such a profound impact on me that it still ranks as one of my favourite novels. Thanks for linking up at Mum-bo Monday and thanks for hosting such a tasty link up party!
That looks YUMMY! Thanks so much for joining us at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again next week!
Yum!! This sounds delicious! I’m not sure I’m brave enough to try to make it, but I will definitely eat it!!
Another fabulous recipe! Thanks for joining us at FTAF! Hope to see you back.
Thanks, Chellie.