Sweet 'n' Corny Hoecakes

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 14 hoecakes
  • Total: 35 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Inactive: 5 min
  • Cook: 20 min
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Ingredients

1 cup flour

1 cup cornmeal (recommended: Indian Head)

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Kosher salt

3/4 cup frozen yellow corn, thawed

1 egg, beaten

1 1/2 cups milk, plus extra to thin batter

2 teaspoons vegetable oil, plus extra for frying

Maple syrup, for serving

Directions

  1. In a large bowl combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk the thawed corn, egg, milk, and vegetable oil. Pour into the bowl with the dry ingredients and combine. Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
  4. In a cast iron pan on medium-high heat, add enough vegetable oil to fill the pan about 1/2-inch deep. When the oil begins to swirl, add the batter in batches to the pan using a small ice cream scoop or 1/4 cup measure to make each hoecake. Gently spread into a circle, if needed. Flip the hoecakes when the air pockets begin to pop on the surface of the batter and a peek underneath the cake reveals a golden rim and surface, about 2 minutes.
  5. Once the second side is golden brown, transfer the hoecakes to a baking sheet in a warm oven and continue making the rest. Serve with maple syrup.

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Anonymous

Followed the recipe exactly, then added a shake of Maple bacon bbq spice. Served with maple syrup. They were great! They reminded me of growing up with grandpa...he was from a poor family of like 6 kids from Arkansas and hoecakes and corn fritters were one of the foods they commonly had. He brought dishes like this to California when he married grandma. I remember my mom always making these bc her dad made them for her. I never appreciated them growing up and never learned how to make them. Now I am drawn to these dishes from my past with new appreciation and am loving it lol.<br /><br />This recipe was the introduction of hoecakes to my 8 year old son...success, lol he loved them....and he enjoyed helping to make them....Passing on some country tradition to another generation lol.

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