Dogtoberfest

Octoberfest tonight at our church. Abby was unhappy it wasn't a Dogtoberfeset with sausages for the doggies.  

 Authentic German band, lots of food made by the church ladies, music, dancing, beer, and wine, and the evening just wouldn't be a Lutheran Octoberfest without half the church in the Bible Study hall doing the "chicken dance" to a trombone, tuba, and accordion. Lots of fun! And a great stress relief for all of the parishioners who were dealing with flooding.

The cornbread is not exactly German food, but it is a dish I'm always asked to bring.

LB’s church cornbread

Mix in very large bowl:

1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 cup stone-ground cornmeal (ours was from Graue Grist Mill in Oak Brook)

1 Tablespoons baking powder

¾ tsp salt (if using salted butter further down in recipe, reduce to ½ tsp)

¼ cup plus 2 Tablespoons white sugar

(2 boxes of Jiffy Cornbread mix can be substituted for all of the above.)

In another bowl mix:

4 eggs (whisk before adding other ingredients)

2 cups sour cream (16 oz)

1 can cream style corn

Whisk 2 sticks of melted unsalted butter into the wet ingredients

Combine wet and dry ingredients in the largest bowl and stir until combined.

Cook in 13 x 9 pan sprayed with nonstick spray 350 F. oven for 40-45 minutes (ovens may vary slightly)