Shawn Boys Johnny Cakes
From saltymike 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
More of my down home southern cooking. Johnny Cakes have always been on Shawn's list of breakfast favorites.
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water shopping list
- 1 cup corn meal shopping list
- 1 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 1 cup plain flour shopping list
- 3 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- ¼ tsp soda shopping list
- 2 eggs, beaten shopping list
- 4 Tbsp bacon drippings shopping list
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon shopping list
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg shopping list
How to make it
- Mix boiling water and corn meal to make a thick dough.
- Mix buttermilk and eggs thoroughly. Add milk/egg mixture to cornmeal dough and blend thoroughly.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add to cornmeal mixture and blend thoroughly.
- Stir in bacon drippings. (Note: If batter is a little thick or “stiff,” add a little hot water and mix well to desired consistency.)
- Heat griddle to 375 and grease lightly.
- Ladle batter to make cakes approx. 4 inches diameter.
- Serve with softened butter and sorgum molasses or a good cane or maple syrup.
- (Note: Blackstrap molasses and sulphured molasses will spoil the flavor of Johnny Cakes
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Love these. Great post and good to see you saltymike!
kimmer
in Dunedin loved it
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Ain't nothin' like Southern cookin'!!!!!!!!!
gingerlea
in Tampa loved it
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It's been a long time since I've had these... got my 5
shirleyoma
in Cove loved it
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