This recipe works so much better than other johnnycake recipes I have tried. The key is to get the hot water at or near boiling and otherwise it's pretty foolproof.
I love the flavour of cornmeal it makes all the difference. The pancakes were bit on the buttery side but taste perfectly wonderful! I had to add quite a bit more water to make the batter manageable though. It was a bit of a problem getting them onto the griddle without making a mess!
I make Fried corn bread all the time but this had to be the best I have ever made.
As a kid I went through a phase where I completely fell in love with the Little House on the Prairie series. This is an excellent recipe to complement any childhood interest in the pioneers of the old west. Simple and basic this recipe is fit for a winter meal with sausage and maple syrup.
Served these for breakfast on a cold Scout campout the scouts couldn't get enough and have added it to their breakfast menu for winter camping.
I tried these for two reasons: 1. I had all the ingredients 2. I was curious how good this "pioneer food" would actually be. (I have made "hush puppies" in the past and wasn't too enthralled with them.) I was pleasantly surprised at how tasty these johnnycakes really were! My husband and children really loved them. I served them with soup instead of cornbread and the family ate them all up! Yum!
No offense to our forefathers or the submitter of this recipe but these weren't very good. Maybe earlier generations had more productive salivary glands than I do because these were so dry that I had to drown them in syrup just to make them palatable. I felt like I had gotten a mouthful of fish fry more than once. The flavor was okay plain like bland cornbread but was much better with syrup. I'll keep looking for a moister recipe.
As expected these are a bit on the dry side. Serve with gigantic glasses of milk.
the butter in this recipe isn't necessary seenhow they're being cooked in oil/butter as it is. so i didn't use that or the 2 tbsp of boiling water. they came out tasting like i expected them to; a traditional mash of cornmeal with salt that is cooked in a skillet. so i don't understand the complaints about sweetness that's what the honey or maple syrup is for.
