Savannah Hoe Cakes Recipes

HOECAKES (FRIED CORNBREAD)

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon. Add the buttermilk slowly. Mix in the egg, cutting into the yolk with the spoon's edge to help it mix in better. Add the water and fat or oil and stir well. The texture should be like thick soup, so you may need to add more water.
• I like to fry the cornbread cakes in my grandmother's castiron skillet or on a flat iron griddle, but any skillet or griddle will be fine. Heat the skillet or griddle over medium heat and grease it well with the fat of your choice (butter is delicious, but it tends to burn unless you mix it with a little oil). Once the skillet is hot and the fat is sizzling, drop the batter from a 1⁄8-cup (2-tablespoon) measure into the skillet, in batches if necessary.
• Fry the cakes until the edges are bubbling and the centers are set, then flip with a spatula to fry them on the other side until they're done. Like with pancakes, you can't say how long it will take, but the second side always cooks faster than the first. If the cakes seem greasy, drain them on paper towels before serving hot.

SAVANNAH HOE CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together, except for the frying oil, in a bowl until well combined.
• Heat the frying oil or butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter into the hot skillet. 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. With a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Note: Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.

THE LADY AND SONS HOECAKES

Steps:

• mix all ingriedients except oil.
• heat oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• drop mixture by spoonfuls into hot oil.
• use about two tablespoons of batter per hoecake.
• brown until crisp and turn and brown on other side, about two minutes on each side.
• drain on paper towels or brown paper bag.

HOE CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat a griddle'til a drop of water'dances' when dropped on it.
• Combine the dry ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Add Eggs, Lard, and butter Milk.
• Stir just enough to mix.
• DO NOT OVER STIR, THE CAKES WILL BE TOUGH!
• Cook on a lightly greased griddle.
• 1/4 cup at a time.
• I Have yet to serve these to someone who hasn't asked for the recipe.

HOE CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, measure the corn meal and salt. Pour the boiling water over the corn meal and stir it up. The corn meal will swell up, absorbing the water, and making a very thick mash.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. You can use as little as two tablespoons of oil per panful, but it is a little easier to use 4-5 tablespoons of oil for each panful. Use your waistline and frying skill as the final judge. Now scoop up a little of the corn meal mush (about 1/4 cup) and shape it into a patty. It will still be warm from the boiling water, so don't burn your self. Plop the patty into the hot fat and get it to frying. Make some more, unti you have a panful. When the underside is crispy brown, turn them and cook the other side. When both sides are crispy and brown, transfer them to a plate to keep warm, and start another batch.

HOE CAKES

Steps:

• Add salt to cornmeal, then water, & lastly, 1 T of the bacon drippings.
• Heat the other T of drippings in a heavy iron skillet & make a round cake of cornmeal dough about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick.
• Place in hot skillet & cook slowly on top of stove (or over open fire) until brown on one side, then turn & brown the other side.
• Serving size is approximate.

SOUTHERN HOE CAKES

Steps:

• Mix meal and salt into a bowl.
• Add boiling water.
• Stir with spoon and mix well.
• Will form a stiff batter or dough.
• Drop rounded large spoonfuls (tbsp) into hot greased pan.
• Flatten into flat 1/4 inch thick circles.
• Cook until golden brown on each side, turning once, about 2 minutes per side.
• Strain on paper towel.
• Enjoy!