Hoecake Recipe

Originally Hoecake was made of Indian meal, water, and salt, sometimes baked in a fireplace on the blade of a hoe. To make 12 hoecakes we need the following ingredients;-

• 1½ cups unrefined yellow cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ cups boiling water or more
• ¼ cup oil
• 2 eggs
  

How To Make Hoecake

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add all at once to boiling water. Stir until batter clings together in a ball, pulling away form the sides of the kettle. Remove from heat.
• Add oil and beat.
• Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating briskly after each addition until completely blended.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly oiled cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400° F. until delicately browned (about 30 minutes).