Johnny Cakes

Name: Johnny Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal; Sugar (3 tablespoons); Salt, to taste; 2 1/2 cups water; ½ cup (1 stick) butter

Golden pan-fried cornmeal cakes, crisp at the edges and tender within.

Total time

25 min

Serves

6

Difficulty

Medium

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Essentials · serves 6

1 cup cornmeal Sugar (3 tablespoons) Salt, to taste 2 1/2 cups water ½ cup (1 stick) butter

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The preparation

7 steps, about 25 minutes start to finish.

01
Combine cornmeal, sugar, and salt in a bowl
02
Boil water
03
Pour boiling water over cornmeal mixture
04
Stir until smooth and let hydrate
05
Heat butter in a skillet
06
Drop spoonfuls of batter onto hot skillet
07
Cook until golden on both sides

lightbulb The chef's notes

“Pour the boiling water over the cornmeal and let it fully hydrate before cooking, that rest softens the grain. Skip it and the centers come out gritty.”

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