Hoecakes with scallions OMG delish smothered with Ashe County Butter!
RECIPE:
Ingredients
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
• 2/3 cups buttermilk or can use regular milk too
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup oil I use canola oil for cooking
Instructions
• Mix meal, milk, egg and salt together. Drop by spoonful into hot oil. Brown on one side then turn and fry until golden brown on both sides.
NOTE: Chop up 2 green onions and add in batter, add 1tbsp sugar if you like, I didn't have self rising cornmeal so I used coarse + medium grind cornmeal to add up to 3/4 cup, 1tsp baking powder, 1tsp salt, 3/4 cup bread flour. Use as much buttermilk as necessary so the batter drops like pancake batter.
You could use chopped jalapenos, chopped bacon, canned corn (drained), whatever you think might go good will work!
On cooking these, I didn't use any oil, I just lightly buttered a hot cast iron griddle and dropped the batter onto it in 3" circles while the butter sizzled, shake them into 4" hoecakes, and butter is a lot better tasting and a LOT healthier than cooking in oil!
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