Old-Fashioned Johnny Cake

Old-Fashioned Johnny Cake

Total Time
57 min
18m prep · 39m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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This is a very old time recipe. My great grandparents used to eat this in a bowl with milk on it.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
  • 0.5 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1.5 tablespoons shortening , melted
  • 1 cup boiling milk
  • 1 egg , separated

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.

  2. 2

    Sift cornmeal and flour together and spread thinly on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until lightly brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  3. 3

    In a large bowl, combine cornmeal mixture, salt, sugar and baking powder. Pour in shortening and milk; stir to blend.

  4. 4

    In a separate large bowl, beat egg white until stiff. In a third bowl, beat egg yolk then fold into egg white. Gently stir flour mixture into beaten egg. Pour into prepared baking pan.

  5. 5

    Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden brown.

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