Hoecakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 cup self-rising cornmeal (recommended aunt jemima's)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup water, plus
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup bacon grease
• oil or butter or clarified margarine, for frying

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients together, except for the frying oil, in a bowl until well combined.
• 2 heat the frying oil or butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• 3 drop the batter into the hot skillet.
• 4 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.
• 5 with a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper towel-lined plate.