Hoe Cakes are a true Southern delicacy that are basically fried cornbread pancakes that are crisp, tender and delicious.
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Author Jocelyn Delk Adams
Ingredients
1/2cupself rising cornmealuse the white cornmeal
1/2cupself rising flour
2tspgranulated sugar
1/3cupbuttermilk
1large eggbeaten
1/3cupwateror more if you need
2tbspbacon greaseor you can use butter
butter and oil for frying
Instructions
Mix the cornmeal, flour, and sugar together. Slowly add in the buttermilk and egg.mix together the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon. Add the buttermilk and egg slowly. Finally add in the water and bacon grease. The texture will be like a thicker style soup.
After that, fry up the hoe cakes. Add butter and a little oil so it doesn't burn to a cast iron skillet then in batches add about 1/8 cup of batter to the skillet and flip when the edges are set and bubbled and browned. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
Notes
I would make sure to add either oil or butter and oil to fry so the butter doesn't burn.