- Total: 25 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 15 min
- Yield: 10 to 12 (3-inch) johnnycakes;
Ingredients
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup Carpenter's Johnnycake Meal
1 cup boiling water
3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Bacon grease or corn oil, for frying
Butter, as an accompaniment
Directions
- Combine sugar and salt with meal in large mixing bowl. Scald with boiling water and stir well. Thin immediately with milk to a mixture that will drop easily from spoon (additional milk may be necessary: mixture should be consistency of thin mashed potato).
- Drop by the spoonful onto medium hot griddle greased with 1 to 2 tablespoons of bacon grease or corn oil (do not let griddle get dry). Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side until a brown, crunchy crust is formed and inside is soft. Serve hot with butter.
