AY Honors/Recipe/Hominy Grits

Hominy Grits
Ingredients	Procedure
5 cups water 1 cup hominy grits 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon honey, brown sugar, or maple syrup (optional)	Bring water to a rapid boil in a saucepan. Gradually pour in the hominy grits and stir. Add the butter and stir. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the water is absorbed. Grits may be sweetened with honey, brown sugar, maple syrup, or jelly. Grits can also be flavored with cheese, sunnyside up egg, or vegetarian sausage. Serve while hot. Recipe adapted from Effigy Mounds National Monument. Serves 8