Apple Sour Cream Cornbread

I am from the South, and I looove Cornbread!.
The basic recipe is for this is to make Sour Cream Cornbread, which is a lighter textured cornbread. The added ingredients will change this recipe to Apple Cornbread. Yum! Yum!

Remember that this is an older recipe , and uses Plain cornmeal and flour.  To use self-rising cornmeal and flour, remember to omit the baking powder, soda and salt.

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup unsifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1 egg unbeaten
1 tbsp melted shortening

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Place all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix with a wire whisk.  Pour the batter into a greased 9-inch square pan and baked for 25 minutes.  This can also be baked in muffin tins for about 20 minutes.


APPLE CORNBREAD:
Add 1 apple, peeled, cored and finely diced to the above recipe