Johnny Cake

Name: Johnny Cake
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: One pint of flour; 1 pint of corn meal (yellow is best); 1 pint of sweet milk; 2 large tablespoonfuls of molasses; a teaspoonful of salt; 2 well-beaten eggs; 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter; two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder

From The white ribbon cook book, 1894

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The white ribbon cook book (1894) by Kathryn Armstrong, page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Johnny Cake — One pint of flour, 1 pint of corn meal (yellow is best), 1 pint of sweet milk, 2 large tablespoonfuls of molasses, a teaspoonful of salt, 2 well-beaten eggs, and 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat thoroughly, and when ready to bake add two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder

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