Corn Batter Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon lard, melted
• % cup flour
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• y2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 1/2 cups milk (approximately)

Method

1. 1

   Mix and sift the dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Add one cup of milk to the egg and add to the dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Then add the melted shortening and enough more milk to make a soft dough.

4. 4

   Bake as griddle cakes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CORN BATTER CAKES 2 cups sifted cornmeal 1 tablespoon lard, melted % cup flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder l1^ cups milk (ap- y2 teaspoon salt proximately) 1 tablespoon melted butter

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