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JOHNNYCAKES

2 cups Cornmeal

2/3 cup Milk

2 tbl. Vegetable OIl (they didn’t have this – authentic recipe used Bacon grease)

2 tsp. Baking Soda

1/2 tsp. Salt

Mix ingredients into a stiff batter and form eight biscuit sized “dodgers”. Bake on a lightly greased sheet at 350°F for 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown. OR Spoon batter into hot cooking oil in frying pan over a low flame. Remove the corn dodgers and let cool on a paper towel, spread with a little butter or molasses.

RECIPE CORNER