Hoecakes

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Busy Working Women's Quick Meal

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (48)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(48)

Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
About 17 hoecakes

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 20 min

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Ingredients

1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup self-rising cornmeal, or from a mix (recommended: Aunt Jemima's)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
Oil, butter, or clarified margarine, for frying

Directions

Mix well all ingredients, except for the frying oil. Heat the frying oil or butter in a medium or large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter, by full tablespoons, into the hot skillet. Use about 2 tablespoons of batter per hoecake. Fry each hoecake until brown and crisp; turn each hoecake with a spatula, and then brown the other side. With a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.

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Frances Dublin, OH 11-17-2009
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you'll love 'em!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are great, quick and easy, and a nice change from pancakes and french toast.
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Kelly Westminster, MD 09-22-2009
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Takes me back to my childhood!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My Mom used to make these all the time and she passed away before I thought to ask for the recipe...she's been gone for... almost 20 years and when my husband and I went to the Lady & Son's for lunch, we were offered this delectable hoecake. I wasn't expecting it to be anything mike my Mom's, but it was, I was so excited that I bought the mix at her store, and even more excited that the recipe could be found online...thank you Paula, for my trip down memory lane and to my MOM!Read more
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Lillian Beverly Hills, CA 06-03-2009
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Granny Bryant's recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is pretty close to my dear Granny's recipe for hoe cakes, except she never used self rising flour. She used Martha White... all purpose flour, and she added salt and baking powder. Also, Granny didn't make pancake shaped cakes. She poured all the batter into a cast iron pan, and made one big cake. She started it on the stove, and when the bottom just began to form a nice crust, she covered it and moved it to the oven to finish baking. DON'T use a dutch oven lid with dimples, as that will make the bread soggy when the steam drips down off the dimples. Read more
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Brenda Riverside, CA 11-02-2008
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This isn't at all like what she said on the show???
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I saw the episode today where she made hoecakes with okra. She said that one of the reasons hoecakes got so popular is that... they are cheap since they only need corn meal and water -- yet this recipe has lots of other ingredients. Why the difference???Read more
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Anonymous 06-28-2007
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yummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I had these at Lady and Son's and they were great. Cant wait to make em.
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Bud Bud Erie, PA 03-22-2007
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Addictive !!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My wife and I had Hoecakes at "Lady And Sons" and begged for take home. They never made it home. Bud Erie, Pa.