Johnnycake - corn cakes for the morning

Old fashioned Johnnycake

by Mark Fitzgerald
Some how I always thought that Brigham Young was said to have loved johnnycake.  I can't find an authoritative source for that.  I could find that when traveling he complained about people always offering him sweets and pies and that he would rather have something simple like johnnycake.

Joseph Smith's family had cornmeal johnnycakes so often that one of his children, in asking the blessing on the food, made a special request: "Something better, please, for the next meal."  My children might have agreed.  They described this recipe as a little bitter.  Adding a little baking soda and an egg may change this a little and make it a little more like pancakes.

Ingredients

1 cup cornmeal
1/4 flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon powered milk

2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 cup water

Directions

Mix together the dry ingredients.  Bring water to a boil.   Slowly add the boiling water into the mixture forming a mush.

Generously grease skillet (I use an electric griddle). When pan is hot, drop the batter in quarter cup spoonfuls. Flatten the batter with a spatula to a thickness of approximately 1/4 inch. Fry until golden brown, turn, and brown on the other side.

Information

Makes 10, 1/4 cup cakes
50 calories for 1 cake

Make sure to see how this recipe fits into the entire menu we have cooked up for LDS Pioneer Handcart Trek recreations.