Hampton Corn Bread

Directions

1. Make a sponge of the flour and 1 cup of the water, add yeast cake dissolved in 1/4 cu water.
2. Let stand until light, which should be within an hour.
3. Add the remaining ingredients.
4. Mix thoroughly.
5. The mixture should be a little too soft to shape into loaves.
6. Spread in shallow baking pan to a depth of one inch.
7. Let rise an hour and bake thirty minutes in hot oven.
8. Notice that the bread is put into the baking pans as soon as meal is added to the sponge, without waiting for it to become light.