Grandma's Cornbread (with a kick)

Submitted by Allie Jones

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
One can sweet corn
One jalapeno (small – med), chopped
~ 1/3 cup pine nuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch square pan.
Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Then add about 2/3 of the can of corn, the pine nuts, and half of the jalapeno for more mild spice, or all of it for pretty spicy, and stir in well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.