| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Active: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 4 to 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fine yellow or white cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoons clover honey
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus 1/4 cup more for frying
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together the milk, honey and egg yolks together in another medium bowl until combined. Whisk the egg whites in another medium bowl until stiff peaks form.
- Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in the egg whites, and then 2 tablespoons of the melted butter. Mix until the batter is just smooth and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Heat a large nonstick saute pan, cast-iron pan or griddle over medium-high heat. Brush the pan with some of the remaining melted butter. Spoon 2 heaping tablespoons of the batter onto the pan for each johnny griddle cake. Spread the batter slightly just to even out the top using a small offset spatula. Cook until lightly golden brown on each side, about 1 minute 30 seconds per side. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 297 |
| Total Fat | 14 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 36 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 8 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 95 mg |
| Sodium | 245 mg |
Reviews
I think these Johnny cakes were really good!!! I love his recipes. I follow them to the T. Thank you Bobby..
We kept to the recipe. We didn’t treat cakes as “pancake substitute.” Rather as bread (with or without butter) with chilli, bean soup and Brunswick stew
The only difference is I added Sour Cream about 3 Tablespoons to the eggs,& Lemon Juice to the Baking Powder it makes them rise more.I didn’t add the Honey & I didn’t beat the egg whites.Also I used Almond Milk instead.The acid from the Lemon Juice reacts to the Baking Powder which makes them rise more.Really Really good
My husband and I loved these little breakfast treats. They had the fluffiness of a pancake with the texture and flavor of a corn muffin. Traditional Johnny Cakes are flat and dense. Corn muffins tend to be too sweet. This recipe brings out the best attributes of both in delicious small pancakes perfect for those cool New England mornings or evenings. Make sure your cast iron is not too hot, and do put the finished cakes in the oven as advised while you finish the batches.
These are not Johnny Cakes! You need to do your homework, Bobby… True Johnny Cakes contain only corn meal, sugar, salt and boiling water (or milk). They are not supposed to be light and fluffy (souffle-like sensation was I believe the term Bobby used in this episode). No flour, no eggs, no baking powder!! Variations may include flavorings, but no leavening. For more info go to http://www.kenyonsgristmill.com/johnny_cakes.html,