Southern Hoe Cakes

IDO UDO
Published on May 27, 2021
Southern Hoe Cakes
1 cup self rising yellow cornmeal
1 cup self rising flour
1 tablespoon sugar(optional)
¾ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
¾ cup buttermilk or milk(you might need a little more)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup bacon drippings or vegetable oil-for frying
butter-for frying&serving if needed
Combine flour, cornmeal mix, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl.
Measure buttermilk in a glass measuring cup. Add eggs to measuring cup and whisk egg and buttermilk together.
Pour into bowl with flour mixture and mix to combine(if you need to add a little more buttermilk you can if it's too stiff).
Heat a cast iron pan or nonstick skillet or griddle. Add a little bacon grease and a pat of butter.
Pour batter into pan to form hoe cakes, using a 1/4 cup measuring cup and fill it
Cook until bubbles form on top, flip over and cook until bottom is golden.
Repeat with additional batter, working in batches so that you don’t overcrowd the pan.
Serve with butter.

Optional add-ins: chopped jalapeno peppers, grated cheese, chopped bacon.

Hoe Cakes are old-fashioned cornmeal griddle cakes, and they're the most basic of Southern breads. Also called "Johnny Cakes," they are traditionally served as a quick bread on the side of a lunch or dinner entrée. Hoe Cakes are great for soaking up pan juices and gravy, but they're also tasty with a pat of butter, a drizzle of maple syrup or honey, or a smear of apple butter.
Hoe Cakes are typically either served for breakfast like pancakes or with a bowl of greens (typically collard or turnip greens). When served with greens, they are used to mop up the pot licker, the tasty liquid that the greens are cooked in. Try spreading pimento cheese on them for an amazing appetizer.

Hoe Cakes are made from self-rising cornmeal, self-rising flour, a touch of sugar, eggs, and buttermilk. I use bacon grease to fry these Southern Hoe Cakes in but it’s more common to use vegetable oil. Feel free to do so.

Thank you loyal subscribers. Special thanks Patreon Subscribers.
For the Simply Sara Facebook Community, visit: https://www.facebook.com/SimplySarasK......

For my Facebook Tupperware Group, visit Sara's Little Tupperware Nook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/35569......
My 24/7 Tupperware Consultant Page:
http://sarap2018.my.tupperware.com

To support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SimplySara

Mailing Address:
Sara Potter
P.O. Box 1146
Louisa, Kentucky 41230